April 2, 1999
                                
    FCC SCHEDULE FOR RELOCATING PUBLIC REFERENCE FACILITIES 
                           TO PORTALS

     The FCC's Public Reference Room, currently located at Room 239, 1919 M
St, N.W., will be implementing various temporary suspensions of public file
availability from April 9, 1999, through May 7, 1999.  Ultimately ALL public
files will be available at the Reference Information Center (RIC) on Monday,
May 10, 1999, at Portals II, CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Washington,
D.C.

     Please be advised that part of the RIC relocation to Portals is the
consolidation of all FCC public file reference rooms, which are currently
scattered throughout five buildings.  Specifically, the RIC will be
consolidating public reference files from the following reference rooms:
Tariffs, Broadcast (including MDS), Cable Services, Common Carrier (Accounting
and Audits, Network Services, Industry Analysis and Formal Complaints),
International and Wireless.

     The relocation and consolidation of all public reference rooms into a
single facility has been an agency objective since 1992.  Unfortunately, the
Commission has been forced to relocate all of these reference facilities in a
four-week period in order to vacate and return our old office space back to
the lessors.  Here is the schedule, which may be subject to change:
  
     Closed from April 9th and reopening on April 19th at Portals: Broadcast,
  including MDS;                     CCB Formal Complaints and CPD/IAD
  public reference files.
          Closed from April 16th and reopening at Portals on April 26th: Cable
       Reference Room.
     Closed from April 26th and reopening at Portals on May 3rd: Wireless
     Reference Room,
     CCB Network Service and ARMIS reference rooms.
      Closed from April 30th and reopening on May 10th at Portals:
  International Reference Room  and any other public reference files that
  were missed in the earlier moves.
  
       The RIC will make the duplicate copies of daily filings, to docketed
  and rulemaking proceedings, available to the public during the relocation
  in Room CY-A257 so people may view and/or make copies.  However, we cannot
  accept any requests for files while they are in transition.  We appreciate
  your patience and understanding during our relocation to Portals.
  
       For additional information, contact Bill Cline, Chief, Reference
  Operations Division, at (202) 418-0267.
                             -FCC