ERGEN CHARLES W
4, 2000-07-10
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Ergen, Charles W.
   5701 South Santa Fe Drive
   Littleton, CO  80120
   U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Echostar Communications Corporation
   DISH
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4. Statement for Month/Year
   6/00
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   Chief Executive Officer and President
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
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<S>                        <C>    <C>  <C><C>               <C> <C>         <C>                 <C>    <C>
Class A Common Stock       |6/20/0|M   | |117,640           |A  |$2.125     |636,652 (1)        |D     |                           |
                           |0     |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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                           |      |    | |                  |   |           |100 (1)            |I     |(2)                        |
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                           |      |    | |                  |   |           |800 (1)            |I     |(3)                        |
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                           |      |    | |                  |   |           |17,825 (1)         |I     |(4)                        |
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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
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<S>                   <C>      <C>   <C>  <C><C>        <C> <C>   <C>   <C>          <C>     <C>     <C>          <C> <C>
Employee Stock Option |$2.125  |6/20/|M   |V|117,640    |D  |(5)  |6/21/|Class A Comm|117,640|       |0           |D  |            |
(Right to Buy)        |        |00   |    | |           |   |     |00   |on Stock    |       |       |            |   |            |
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                      |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The shares have been adjusted to reflect the Company's  two-for-one splits
of the Company's common stock,
which took place in July 1999, October 1999 and March
2000.
(2) The shares are in the name of the reporting person's
spouse.
(3) The shares are held by the reporting person's spouse as custodian for the
reporting person's minor children.
(4) On March 8, 2000, the Company issued an additional 60,000 shares of Class A
Common Stock to EchoStar
Communications Corporation's 401(k) Employees' Savings Plan (the "Plan"). The
number of shares reported in
column 5 represents the total number of shares allocated to the reporting
person's account through the Plan to
date. The reporting person has dispositive, but no voting power with respect to
the shares.
(5)  The shares underlying the option vested at the rate of 20% per year,
commencing on June 20, 1996.



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