X0201 42003-08-13 0001001082 ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP DISH 0000904548 ERGEN CHARLES W 5701 S. Santa Fe DriveLittletonCO801201110Chairman and CEO 0001138538 ERGEN CANTEY 5701 S. SANTA FE DRIVE LITTLETON CO 80120 1000Class A Common Stock2003-08-134M0960006.60A846402DEmployee Stock Option (Right to Buy)6.602003-08-134M0167076.60D2000-03-312009-02-17Class A Common Stock1670716666DEmployee Stock Option (Right to Buy)6.602003-08-134M0792936.60D2000-03-312009-02-17Class A Common Stock792937334DThe reporting persons indirectly own (1) 13,300 shares as custodian for the reporting persons' minor children; (2) 17,994 and 647 shares, respectively, in the EchoStar Communications Corporation 401(k) Employees Savings Plan (for which the reporting persons are the sole trustees of the approximately 1.7 million shares therein), for which the reporting person has dispositive, but not voting, power; and (3) 110 shares in the name of Cantey Ergen. Charles W. Ergen2003-08-15Cantey Ergen2003-08-15