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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002

Metrocall Contact:
Timothy J. Dietz
Director, Corporate Communications
(703) 660-6677x6231
dietzt@metrocall.com


                        METROCALL AMENDS CREDIT AGREEMENT
                    CONTINUES PROGRESS TOWARDS REORGANIZATION


        ALEXANDRIA, VA - Tuesday, April 30, 2002 Metrocall, Inc., (OTC Bulletin
Board: MCLLQ), one of the nation's largest wireless data and messaging
companies, on April 29, 2002, executed and entered into a fourth amendment to
its Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Facility dated March 17, 2000 with its
secured lenders. As previously announced in Metrocall's 10-K filed on April 12,
2002, Metrocall has been engaged in on-going discussions with its primary
creditor constituencies, namely its secured lenders and an unofficial committee
of holders of Metrocall's subordinated notes in an effort to reach consensus on
the terms of a "pre-negotiated" plan of reorganization to be implemented under
chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The fourth amendment to the
Credit Facility has been executed by Metrocall in furtherance of this objective
and provides that none of the secured lenders may assign, participate or
transfer any of their respective rights or interests under the credit agreement
without the written consent of the secured lenders holding at least fifty-one
percent (51%) of the total commitment under the Credit Facility.


        Metrocall is continuing the discussions with its secured lenders and
noteholder committee regarding its proposed plan of reorganization and now
contemplates a "pre-negotiated" reorganization filing during the latter part of
May 2002.
        Metrocall also continues to negotiate the terms of further amendments to
its strategic alliance agreements with WebLink Wireless, Inc. As a result of
Metrocall's revised timing for its restructuring and the continued discussions
regarding further amendments to these agreements, WebLink today filed a motion
in its bankruptcy cases seeking approval of an extension of the date by which
Metrocall must assume the strategic alliance agreements to a date that is
forty-five (45) days after the commencement of a bankruptcy case by Metrocall
but not later than October 30, 2002.

ABOUT METROCALL, INC.

        Metrocall, Inc. headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is one of the
largest wireless data and messaging companies in the United States providing
both products and services to more than six million business and individual
subscribers. Metrocall was founded in 1965 and currently employs more than 2,400
people nationwide. The Company currently offers two-way interactive messaging,
wireless e-mail and Internet connectivity, cellular and digital PCS phones, as
well as one-way messaging services. Metrocall operates on many nationwide,
regional and local networks, including ReFLEX Network, and can supply a wide
variety of customizable Internet-based information content services. Also,
Metrocall offers totally integrated resource management systems and
communications solutions for business and campus environments. Metrocall's
wireless networks operate in the top 1,000 markets all across the nation and the
Company has offices and retail locations in more than forty states. Metrocall is
the largest equity-owner of Inciscent, an independent business-to-business
enterprise, that is a national full-service "wired-to-wireless" Application
Service Provider (ASP). For more information on Metrocall please visit our Web
site and on-line store at www.Metrocall.com or call 800-800-2337.

This press release includes "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of
the federal securities laws, that involve uncertainties and risks. These include
statements regarding events or developments that Metrocall expects or
anticipates will occur in the future, such as statements about Metrocall's plans
to address a restructuring of Metrocall's balance sheet. A number of risks and
uncertainties could cause actual results, events, and developments to differ
from expectations. Please refer to Metrocall's most recent annual report on Form
10-K, and any subsequently filed reports on form 10-Q and Form 8-K, as well as
its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for a complete
discussion of these and other important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those projected by these forward-looking statements.


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