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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary information extracted from the Registrant Company
Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited) for September 30, 1999 and Consolidated
Statement of Operations (Unaudited) for the Nine Months ended September 30, 1999
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> COAXIAL COMMUNICATIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO
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