PRESS RELEASE

CONTACT: Karen Chrosniak, Director of Investor Relations 1-877-496-6704

                     ADELPHIA RETAINS PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
                  TO SERVE AS COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

COUDERSPORT, Pa., June 14, 2002 - Adelphia Communications Corporation (OTC:
ADELA) announced today that it has selected the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers
as the Company's independent accountants. As previously announced, Adelphia
terminated the engagement of its long-time independent accountants, Deloitte &
Touche LLP, on June 9, 2002.

Adelphia Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer Erland E. Kailbourne said,
"Our decision to retain PricewaterhouseCoopers will provide Adelphia with a
fresh and independent perspective on the Company's financial situation. Bringing
on new auditors with such unassailable credentials is clearly in the best
interest of all Adelphia stakeholders as we work to provide a full, prompt and
candid disclosure of all material financial information affecting the Company."

PricewaterhouseCoopers will immediately begin to assist the Company with the
preparation of its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, which will be
completed and released as soon as practicable. As previously announced, Deloitte
& Touche's ongoing audit work was suspended on May 14, 2002.

About Adelphia

Adelphia Communications Corporation, with headquarters in Coudersport,
Pennsylvania, is the sixth-largest cable television company in the country.

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that are
subject to material risks and uncertainties. Investors are cautioned that any
such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or
results and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results or
developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors which are discussed in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, uncertainties relating to
general economic and business conditions, acquisitions and divestitures, the
availability and cost of capital, government and regulatory policies, the
pricing and availability of equipment, materials, inventories and programming,
product acceptance



and customer spending patterns, the Company's ability to execute on its business
plans and to construct, expand and upgrade its networks, risks associated with
reliance on the performance and financial condition of vendors and customers,
technological developments, changes in the competitive environment in which the
Company operates, and matters relating to or in connection with the recent
bankruptcy filings and proceedings of Adelphia Business Solutions, Inc. These
risks and uncertainties also include matters arising out of the Company's delay
in filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001 and its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002,
liquidity short falls arising out of defaults under loan agreements and
indentures, the announced delisting of the Company's common stock by Nasdaq,
pending derivative and class action lawsuits, and matters arising out of the
pending internal investigation by the Special Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company. Additional information regarding risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may affect the business and financial results of Adelphia
can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its recently filed Current Reports on Form 8-K, the most
recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000, and the most recent prospectus supplement filed under
Registration Statement No. 333-64224, under the section entitled "Risk Factors"
contained therein. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking
statements in this press release or with respect to matters described herein.

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