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                                                For additional information:
                                                Jeffrey A. Stoops
                                                Chief Financial Officer
                                                (561) 995-7670

                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION EXTENDS CONSENT SOLICITATION
                   FOR ITS 12% SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES DUE 2008

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, October 21, 1999 (NASDAQ: SBAC) - SBA Communications
Corporation ("SBA") announced today that it has extended its consent
solicitation of the holders of its $269,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at
maturity of 12% Senior Discount Notes due 2008 (the "Notes").

SBA is soliciting consents to amend a portion of Section 4.09 of the indenture,
pertaining to the incurrence of indebtedness. The Company is offering a cash
consent payment of 1.25% of the accreted value of the Notes to all holders of
record who consent to the proposed amendment on or prior to October 28, 1999.
The record date remains the close of business on October 7, 1999.

The consent solicitation is conditioned upon, among other things, the receipt of
consents from holders of at least two-thirds of all outstanding Notes. The
consent solicitation will now expire at 5:00 P.M., New York time, on October 28,
1999, unless further extended.

Lehman Brothers Inc. is serving as Solicitation Agent in connection with the
consent solicitation. Questions regarding the terms of the consent solicitation
may be directed to the Solicitation Agent at Toll Free: 800-438-3242.

D. F. King & Co., Inc. is serving as Information Agent. Questions regarding the
delivery procedures for the consents and requests for additional copies of the
consent solicitation statement or related documents may be directed to the
Information Agent at Toll Free: 800-628-8528.

SBA is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications
infrastructure in the United States. SBA's primary focus is the construction of
new towers and acquisition of existing towers for its own account. Since it was
founded in 1989, SBA has participated in the development of over 13,000 antenna
sites in the United States. As of September 30, 1999, SBA owned 956 towers and
was involved in projects for over 700 new tower builds throughout the nation.