FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:             News Media contact:
May 27, 1999                            David Fiske: (202) 418-0500

       FRANCISCO MONTERO NAMED DIRECTOR OF COMMISSION'S 
        OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

     The Commission has named Francisco R. Montero to head its Office of Communications
Business Opportunities (OCBO).  

     OCBO works to promote opportunities for ownership and employment in the
communications industry. The Office works with entrepreneurs, industry, public interest
organizations, and individuals to provide information about policies to promote ownership and
employment opportunities in the communications industry, and to encourage participation in FCC
proceedings.

     Chairman Kennard said, "I am delighted that Frank will be heading the OCBO.  His long
time commitment to ensuring that all Americans are afforded the benefits of the Information Age
ensures that he will be an excellent advocate in his new position. I feel very fortunate that he has
decided to enter public service."

     Montero is currently a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Fisher Wayland Cooper
Leader and Zaragoza, where he practices telecommunications law.

He has worked extensively with major Hispanic and Spanish language 
broadcasting groups in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and  in Latin America.  He
helped form the American Hispanic Owned Radio Association and he has also represented the
Hispanic Radio Association and the Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association. Montero serves as
Co-Chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Transactional Practice Committee and
is a past member of the Board of Directors of  the Minority Media and Telecommunications
Council.  He writes a regular column on finance and business titled, "The Bottom Line" for Radio
World and his writings have been featured in Tuned In Magazine and Radio & Musica Magazine. 
He has assisted the Department of  Commerce compile its annual analysis of Hispanic
broadcasters and he is a recipient of the Puerto Rico Broadcasters award for "Service to 
the Puerto Rican Radio Industry." 

     Montero received his B.A. degree with Honors in 1982 from the University of Michigan
and his J.D. in 1986 from the George Washington University Law School, where he served on the
George Washington Law Review.  

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