UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                     FORM 8-K

                                  CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 6, 2004

                            GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC.
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

    Alaska                          0-15279                         92-0072737
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(State or Other              (Commission File Number)             (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of                                                   Identification
Incorporation)                                                        Number)

      2550 Denali Street Suite 1000 Anchorage, Alaska                 99503
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         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (907) 868-5600


                                      NONE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibit.

           (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired: None

           (b) Pro forma financial information: None

           (c) Exhibit:

               This exhibit is furnished pursuant to Item 12 hereof and should
               not be deemed to be "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of
               1934.

               99.1 Press release dated May 6, 2004


Item 12.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

               On May 6, 2004, General Communication, Inc. (GCI) issued a
           press release announcing earnings for the three months ended March
           31, 2004. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

               The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto
           shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
           Securities Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
           reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as
           shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

               The earnings release attached as Exhibit 99.1 discloses the
           non-GAAP financial measure of EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest,
           Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization). EBITDA has been reconciled to
           the closely related GAAP financial measure, Net Income, within the
           earnings release.

               EBITDA is the sum of Net Income, Interest Expense, Amortization
           and Write-off of Loan and Senior Notes Fees, Interest Income, Taxes,
           and Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion. EBITDA is not presented
           as an alternative measure of Net Income as determined in accordance
           with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
           America. GCI's management uses EBITDA to evaluate the operating
           performance of its business, and as a measure of performance for
           incentive compensation purposes. GCI believes EBITDA is a measure
           used as an analytical indicator of income generated to service debt
           and fund capital expenditures. In addition, multiples of current or
           projected EBITDA are used to estimate current or prospective
           enterprise value. EBITDA does not give effect to cash used for debt
           service requirements, and thus does not reflect funds available for
           investment or other discretionary uses. EBITDA as presented herein
           may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other
           companies.
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                                   SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC.
                                                  (Registrant)

Date: May 6, 2004


                                          By /s/ John M. Lowber
                                          Name:  John M. Lowber
                                          Title: Senior Vice President,
                                                 Chief Financial Officer,
                                                 Secretary and Treasurer
                                                 (Principal Financial Officer)
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.   Description
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99.1          Press release of General Communication, Inc. dated
              May 6, 2004.