EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
General Communication, Inc.:
 
    The audits referred to in our report dated February 21, 1997 included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1996, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, included in the
registration statement. The financial statement schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, based on our
audits and the report of the other auditors, the financial statement schedule,
when considered in relation to the consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.
 
    We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the headings "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" and "Experts"
in the Prospectus.
 
                                          /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
   
Anchorage, Alaska
July 7, 1997