Exhibit 99.3


                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P. ANNOUNCES
                COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF SYSTEMS FROM COX AND
                 CLOSING OF $800 MILLION SENIOR CREDIT FACILITY


DENVER, CO (BUSINESSWIRE) - December 23, 1997 -

FrontierVision  Operating  Partners,  L.P.  ("FVOP" or the "Company")  announced
today that it completed  the  acquisition  of cable  television  systems from an
affiliate  of Cox  Communications,  Inc.  (the "Cox  Systems").  The Cox Systems
currently serve  approximately  85,000 customers in the Central Ohio communities
of Newark, New Philadelphia,  Marion,  Coshocton,  Cambridge and Logan. With the
Cox  Systems,  the Company  will serve more than  220,000  customers in its Ohio
cluster,  including  systems in  Defiance  and  nearby  Ashland,  KY,  that were
purchased from Cox in 1996.

In connection with the  acquisition of the Cox Systems,  FVOP entered into a new
senior  credit  facility  ("New Credit  Facility")  providing  aggregate  $800.0
million in commitments.  The proceeds from the New Credit Facility were used, in
part, to finance the  acquisition of the Cox Systems in central Ohio, as well as
to refinance and replace the old Senior  Credit  Facility.  Currently,  there is
approximately  $430.0 million of indebtedness  outstanding  under the New Credit
Facility.  The  remaining  commitments  are  expected to be used  primarily  for
continued  acquisition activity during the course of 1998. The lead underwriters
of the New  Credit  Facility  are as  follows:  The  Chase  Manhattan  Bank,  as
Administrative  Agent,  J.P. Morgan  Securities Inc., as Syndication  Agent, and
CIBC Inc., as Documentation Agent.



FVOP,  one of the 20  largest  multiple  cable  system  operators  in the United
States,  serves more than 560,000  subscribers,  primarily in Ohio, Kentucky and
Maine.


INVESTOR CONTACT: James W. McHose, Vice President and Treasurer   (303) 757-1588
                  Email:  InvestorRel@FVP.com