EXHIBIT 99.1
                             [AMERICAN TOWER LOGO]

                                                         ATC CONTACT: ANNE ALTER
                                                  DIRECTOR OF INVESTOR RELATIONS
                                                      TELEPHONE:  (617) 375-7500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

              American Tower Completes $2.0 Billion Credit Facility
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Boston, Massachusetts  - January 13, 2000 - American Tower Corporation (NYSE:
AMT) today announced that it recently completed its amended and restated credit
facilities to permit term and revolving loan borrowings of up to $2.0 billion.
The facilities were arranged by TD Securities (USA) Inc., Chase Securities Inc.,
BNY Capital Markets, and Credit Suisse First Boston.  Upon closing, the Company
repaid all borrowings outstanding under its old credit facilities and borrowed
$500.0 million under the new term loan.   The new facilities will be used in
part to provide financing for previously announced transactions scheduled to
close in the first and second quarters of 2000, as well as for capital
expenditures related to American Tower's ongoing construction plan.

American Tower is the leading independent owner operator and developer of
broadcast and wireless communications sites in North America.  Giving effect to
pending transactions, American Tower operates approximately 10,100 sites in the
United States and Mexico, including approximately 300 broadcast tower sites.  Of
the 10,100 sites, approximately 9,000 are owned or leased towers and
approximately 1,100 are managed and lease/sublease sites.  Based in Boston,
American Tower has regional hub offices in Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston,
San Francisco and Mexico City.  For more information about American Tower
Corporation and ATC Teleports, please visit our web sites www.americantower.com
and www.atcteleports.com.

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, use of
satellites for internet data transmission, 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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