SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004





                                    FORM 8-K
                   CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) May 2, 2000
                                  -----------




                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)




300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                    48265-3000
--------------------------------------------                 ----------
  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)







Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313) 556-5000
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On May 2,  2000,  General  Motors  Corporation's  (GM)  subsidiary,  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes),  issued a press release announcing that its'
subsidiary, DIRECTV, Inc., will rollout local channels in 12 additional markets.
The release is as follows:

          DIRECTV to Rollout Local Channels in 12 Additional Markets

                    Most Markets to Receive Local Channels
                 From Satellites at 101 Degrees Orbital Slot

      EL SEGUNDO, CA, May 2, 2000 - DIRECTV,  Inc., which currently offers local
broadcast network channels in 23 major  metropolitan  markets via its high-power
DIRECTV(R) digital television service, announced today its plan to rollout local
channels in 12  additional  markets  beginning in June.  DIRECTV  will  continue
adding local channel markets  throughout the second and third  quarters,  and by
late  September,  expects  to offer  local  channels  in 35  markets  across the
country,  representing  58 million  homes,  or about 58 percent of the  nation's
television households.

      Most of the 12 new markets  will receive  local  channels  from  DIRECTV's
satellites at 101 degrees West Longitude  (WL),  its primary  orbital slot. As a
result,  DIRECTV  customers  who reside in those markets will be able to receive
the  new  local  channel  service,  as  well  as  DIRECTV's  current  lineup  of
programming, through their existing set-top box and 18-inch antenna.

      Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Charlotte and Milwaukee - which will receive
local  channels  from 101  degrees  WL - will be among  the  first of the 12 new
markets that will receive  local  channels from DIRECTV.  The  additional  eight
markets will be announced in the coming weeks.

      "With  more than 50  percent  of our new  customers  subscribing  to local
channels,  it's  abundantly  clear that the  availability  of local channels via
satellite has eliminated the final barrier to entry for consumers dropping cable
and switching to DIRECTV," said Bill Casamo,  president,  DIRECTV Merchandising,
Inc.  "Offering  local channels from our primary orbital slot in the majority of
our 12 new markets will make it much easier for our existing  customers in those
markets to receive those  channels.  All they will have to do to begin receiving
their  local  channels  from  DIRECTV  is call and  order - no new  hardware  is
required."

      In addition to launching  local  channels in 12 new markets,  DIRECTV will
continue to assess  additional local channel markets as it expands its satellite
capacity. DIRECTV will launch its DIRECTV 5 satellite late this summer. Acquired
in the PRIMESTAR  acquisition last year, formerly called Tempo I, DIRECTV 5 will
be stationed at the 119 degrees WL orbital slot. Next year,  DIRECTV will launch
DIRECTV 4S, its first spot beam  satellite.  DIRECTV 4S will be  stationed  with
other DIRECTV satellites at the 101 degrees WL orbital slot.

      DIRECTV is the nation's leading digital satellite  television service with
more than 8.3 million customers including customers  subscribing to PRIMESTAR By
DIRECTV.  DIRECTV is a registered  trademark of DIRECTV,  Inc., a unit of Hughes
Electronics  Corporation.  Hughes Electronics is the world's leading provider of
digital  television  entertainment,  and  satellite  and  wireless  systems  and
services.  The  earnings  of  Hughes  Electronics,  a  unit  of  General  Motors
Corporation,  are used to calculate the earnings per share  attributable  to the
General Motors Class H common stock (NYSE: GMH). Visit DIRECTV on the World Wide
Web at www.directv.com.


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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
                                            --------------------------
                                                    (Registrant)
Date    May 2, 2000
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                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
                                            -------------------------------
                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)














































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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

                                    FORM 8-K
                   CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) May 2, 2000
                                  -----------

                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
----------------------------   -----------------------    -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)

300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                    48265-3000
--------------------------------------------                 ----------
  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313) 556-5000
                                                         --------------

                                      - 1 -
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On May 2,  2000,  General  Motors  Corporation's  (GM)  subsidiary,  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes),  issued a press release announcing that its'
subsidiary, DIRECTV, Inc., will rollout local channels in 12 additional markets.
The release is as follows:

          DIRECTV to Rollout Local Channels in 12 Additional Markets

                    Most Markets to Receive Local Channels
                 From Satellites at 101 Degrees Orbital Slot

      EL SEGUNDO, CA, May 2, 2000 - DIRECTV,  Inc., which currently offers local
broadcast network channels in 23 major  metropolitan  markets via its high-power
DIRECTV(R) digital television service, announced today its plan to rollout local
channels in 12  additional  markets  beginning in June.  DIRECTV  will  continue
adding local channel markets  throughout the second and third  quarters,  and by
late  September,  expects  to offer  local  channels  in 35  markets  across the
country,  representing  58 million  homes,  or about 58 percent of the  nation's
television households.

      Most of the 12 new markets  will receive  local  channels  from  DIRECTV's
satellites at 101 degrees West Longitude  (WL),  its primary  orbital slot. As a
result,  DIRECTV  customers  who reside in those markets will be able to receive
the  new  local  channel  service,  as  well  as  DIRECTV's  current  lineup  of
programming, through their existing set-top box and 18-inch antenna.

      Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Charlotte and Milwaukee - which will receive
local  channels  from 101  degrees  WL - will be among  the  first of the 12 new
markets that will receive  local  channels from DIRECTV.  The  additional  eight
markets will be announced in the coming weeks.

      "With  more than 50  percent  of our new  customers  subscribing  to local
channels,  it's  abundantly  clear that the  availability  of local channels via
satellite has eliminated the final barrier to entry for consumers dropping cable
and switching to DIRECTV," said Bill Casamo,  president,  DIRECTV Merchandising,
Inc.  "Offering  local channels from our primary orbital slot in the majority of
our 12 new markets will make it much easier for our existing  customers in those
markets to receive those  channels.  All they will have to do to begin receiving
their  local  channels  from  DIRECTV  is call and  order - no new  hardware  is
required."

      In addition to launching  local  channels in 12 new markets,  DIRECTV will
continue to assess  additional local channel markets as it expands its satellite
capacity. DIRECTV will launch its DIRECTV 5 satellite late this summer. Acquired
in the PRIMESTAR  acquisition last year, formerly called Tempo I, DIRECTV 5 will
be stationed at the 119 degrees WL orbital slot. Next year,  DIRECTV will launch
DIRECTV 4S, its first spot beam  satellite.  DIRECTV 4S will be  stationed  with
other DIRECTV satellites at the 101 degrees WL orbital slot.

      DIRECTV is the nation's leading digital satellite  television service with
more than 8.3 million customers including customers  subscribing to PRIMESTAR By
DIRECTV.  DIRECTV is a registered  trademark of DIRECTV,  Inc., a unit of Hughes
Electronics  Corporation.  Hughes Electronics is the world's leading provider of
digital  television  entertainment,  and  satellite  and  wireless  systems  and
services.  The  earnings  of  Hughes  Electronics,  a  unit  of  General  Motors
Corporation,  are used to calculate the earnings per share  attributable  to the
General Motors Class H common stock (NYSE: GMH). Visit DIRECTV on the World Wide
Web at www.directv.com.

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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                            GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
                                            --------------------------
                                                    (Registrant)
Date    May 2, 2000
        -----------------
                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
                                            -------------------------------
                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)

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