Exhibit 99.1

November 19, 2004

John Lowber, (907) 868-5628; jlowber@gci.com
Bruce Broquet, (907) 868-6660; bbroquet@gci.com
David Morris, (907) 265-5396; dmorris@gci.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                    GCI ANNOUNCES REPURCHASE OF 3.75 MILLION
                               SHARES HELD BY MCI

ANCHORAGE, AK -- General Communication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNCMA) ("GCI") announced
today that it reached a definitive agreement with MCI to repurchase 3,751,509
GCI Class A common shares at $8.33 per share. In addition to the share
repurchase the private transaction also included terms for redeeming GCI Series
C Preferred Stock. The aggregate amount of the transaction will total
$41,250,070.

"We are pleased to announce this transaction with MCI," said Ron Duncan, GCI
president and CEO. "This agreement is part of our plan to increase shareholder
value and we are doing it in a way that maintains the significant business
relationship we hold with MCI. MCI will retain its ownership of almost 1.3
million GCI Class B common shares which have ten times the voting power of our
Class A common shares. We are also pleased to announce MCI will retain their two
seats on GCI's board of directors. In short, it's business as usual between GCI
and MCI."

Funds for the transaction will be provided by the $70 million GCI, Inc. add-on
bond transaction that was announced and priced on Thursday, November 18, 2004.
GCI will close the MCI transaction concurrently with the closing of the add-on
bond transaction which is expected to occur on December 7, 2004.

GCI is the largest Alaska-based and operated integrated telecommunications
provider. A pioneer in bundled services, GCI provides local, wireless, and long
distance telephone, cable television, Internet and data communication services.
More information about the company can be found at www.gci.com.

The foregoing contains forward-looking statements regarding the company's
expected results that are based on management's expectations as well as on a
number of assumptions concerning future events. Actual results might differ
materially from those projected in the forward looking statements due to
uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside GCI's control.
Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in the forward looking statements is contained in
GCI's cautionary statement sections of Form 10-K and 10-Q filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


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