Exhibit 99.1



                                 PRESS RELEASE
                          CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
 
CONTACT: SCOTT N. SCHNEIDER, CFO
 
PHONE:   203-972-2000
 
OR       LOUIS FRIEDMAN
         DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
         212-892-3545
 
NEW CANAAN, CT-December 16, 1998-Century Communications Corp. today announced
that its Board of Directors has determined to explore strategic alternatives
available to the company.
 
     The company has engaged the services of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette to
assist it in exploring these various available strategic alternatives.
 
     Century Communications Corp. is the ninth largest operator of cable
television systems in the United States with significant concentrations of
subscribers in Los Angeles, CA, Colorado Springs, Co. and Puerto Rico. The
Company owns and operates 72 cable television systems in 25 states and Puerto
Rico serving in excess of 1,300,000 basic subscribers.