EXHIBIT 99.2


                               Contact:  Joseph L. Winn, Chief Financial Officer
                                 or Emily Farina, Director of Investor Relations
                                                      Telephone:  (617) 375-7500




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


     AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION COMPLETES MERGER WITH TELECOM TOWERS, L.L.C.


Boston,  Massachusetts - February 26, 1999 - American Tower  Corporation  (NYSE:
AMT)  announced  today that it has completed  the  previously  announced  merger
transaction with TeleCom Towers, L.LC.

American Tower issued  approximately 3.9 million shares of Class A Common Stock,
paid approximately $60.1 million in cash and assumed approximately $48.4 million
in debt,  of which  approximately  $44.1  million was paid off at  closing.  The
aggregate purchase price is also subject to certain working capital adjustments.
In addition, Dean H. Eisner, Vice President of Business Development and Planning
of Cox Enterprises, Inc. will join the Board of Directors of American Tower.

American  Tower is a leading  independent  owner and operator of  broadcast  and
wireless  communications  sites in the United States and currently operates more
than 3,200 towers in 44 states and the  District of  Columbia.  Based in Boston,
the Company has a national footprint with regional hubs in Boston,  Albuquerque,
Atlanta, Chicago, Houston and San Francisco.

         This press release  contains  "forward-looking  statements"  concerning
         future expectations, plans or strategies that involve a number of risks
         and  uncertainties.  The Company wishes to caution readers that certain
         factors may have affected the Company's  actual results and could cause
         results  for  subsequent   periods  to  differ  materially  from  those
         expressed in any forward-looking  statement made by or on behalf of the
         Company.  Such factors include,  but are not limited to (i) substantial
         capital  requirements and leverage  principally as a consequence of its
         ongoing  acquisitions and construction  activities,  (ii) dependence on
         demand  for  wireless  communications  and  implementation  of  digital
         television,  (iii) the  success of the  Company's'  tower  construction
         program  and  (iv)  the  successful  operational   integration  of  the
         Company's business  acquisitions.  The Company undertakes no obligation
         to update forward-looking  statements to reflect subsequently occurring
         events or circumstances.

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