DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.
           4440 PGA Boulevard / Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410-6542
            First Union Center / Suite 600 / Telephone (561) 627-7171

                                  NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE        Contact: Thomas R. Pledger, Executive Chairman
                                      Steven E. Nielsen, President and CEO
                                      Douglas J. Betlach, Vice President and CFO
                                           (516) 627-7171


Palm Beach Gardens, Florida                                       March 15, 1999


                  DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. ENTERS INTO AGREEMENTS
       TO ACQUIRE ERVIN CABLE CONSTRUCTION, INC. AND APEX DIGITAL TV, INC.

Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE:"DY") announced today that it has entered into a
Stock Purchase Agreement and a Merger Agreement with the stockholders of Ervin
Cable Construction, Inc. and Apex Digital TV, Inc., respectively, whereby Ervin
Cable Construction, Inc. and Apex Digital TV, Inc. will become wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Dycom Industries, Inc.

Ervin Cable Construction, Inc., a Sturgis, Kentucky based company, provides
construction services to cable television multiple system operators. Apex
Digital TV, Inc., also a Sturgis, Kentucky based company, provides installation
and maintenance services to direct broadcast satellite providers.

Dycom is a leading provider of engineering, construction, and maintenance
services to telecommunications providers throughout the United States.
Additionally, the Company provides similar services related to the installation
of integrated voice, data, and video local and wide area networks within office
buildings and similar structures. Dycom also provides underground utility
locating and electric utility contracting services.