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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 AND THE INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS OF JUNE 30, 1998 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

0000808461 GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. 1,000 6-MOS DEC-31-1998 JAN-01-1998 JUN-30-1998 274 0 46,853 1,058 2,857 54,020 346,861 71,272 597,947 50,227 300,837 0 0 172,317 28,222 597,947 0 121,093 0 56,670 59,291 1,248 10,343 (5,827) (2,145) (3,682) 0 0 0 (3,682) (.08) (.08)