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                                 UNITED STATES
 
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                                   FORM 8-K/A
 
                                 CURRENT REPORT
 
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
      DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): NOVEMBER 15, 1996
 
                                 U S WEST, INC.
 
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

                                                          
    A DELAWARE CORPORATION             COMMISSION FILE            IRS EMPLOYER
                                                                 IDENTIFICATION
   (State of incorporation)             NUMBER 1-8611            NO. 84-0926774

 
               7800 EAST ORCHARD ROAD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80111
          (Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
 
                        TELEPHONE NUMBER (303) 793-6500
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
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    The undersigned Registrant hereby amends the following items, exhibits, or
other portions of its Form 8-K, Commission File Number 1-8611, dated November
15, 1996, as set forth in the pages hereto.
 
ITEM 7. EXHIBITS
 


 EXHIBITS    DESCRIPTION
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       99G   Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements of U S WEST, Inc. and subsidiaries and
               U S WEST Media Group as of September 30, 1996 and for the nine months ended September 30, 1996,
               and for the year ended December 31, 1995.


                                   SIGNATURE
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
                                U S WEST, INC.
 
                                By:             /s/ STEPHEN E. BRILZ
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                                                  Stephen E. Brilz
                                               CORPORATE COUNSEL AND
                                                ASSISTANT SECRETARY
 
Dated: December 12, 1996