EXHIBIT 23.1


The Board of Directors
General Communication, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on 
Form S-8 (No. 3360728, No. 33-60222) of General Communication, Inc. of our 
report dated March 4, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of 
General Communication, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 
1996, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' 
equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended 
December 31, 1997, and the related schedule, which report appears in the 
December 31, 1997, annual report on Form 10-K of General Communication, Inc.


/s/
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Anchorage, AK
March 25, 1998