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): October 24, 2003

                            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) 265-5600


                                      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 October 24, 2003


Item 12.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

                 On October 24, 2003, General Communication, Inc. (GCI) issued a
            press release announcing third quarter 2003 earnings. 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, Net Other Expense, Taxes, and
            Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion. EBITDA is not presented as
            an alternative measure of Net Income as determined in accordance
            with Generally Accepted Accounting Principals. 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.
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                                                  (Registrant)

Date: October 24, 2003


                                          By /s/ John M. Lowber
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                                          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., Inc. dated
              October 24, 2003.