8-K

                                  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): June 15, 2006

                           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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Section 7 - Regulation FD

Item 7.01 - Regulation FD Disclosure.

General Communication, Inc. (GCI) has hired Greg Chapados as senior vice
president for Federal Affairs and Business Development. As part of the GCI team
responsible for advocacy in Washington, D.C., Chapados will provide strategic
guidance to the company on federal policy issues. He will also be involved with
the development of business ventures in local, wireless, and long distance
telephone services; cable television; and, Internet and data communications.




                                   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: June 15, 2006


                                          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)







EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.   Description
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99.1          Press release of General Communication, Inc. dated
              June 15, 2006.

EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2006

Contact: David Morris, (907) 265-5396
dmorris@gci.com

GREG CHAPADOS JOINS GCI AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT

     ANCHORAGE- General Communication, Inc. (GCI), Alaska's largest
telecommunications provider, has hired Greg Chapados as senior vice president
for Federal Affairs and Business Development. Chapados comes to GCI with a
wealth of federal policy-making, new business development, and investment
banking experience.

     As part of the GCI team responsible for advocacy in Washington, D.C.,
Chapados will provide strategic guidance to the company on federal policy
issues. He will also be involved with the development of business ventures in
local, wireless, and long distance telephone services; cable television; and,
Internet and data communications. Chapados will be based in Anchorage.

     Prior to joining GCI, Chapados was a managing director at two boutique
investment banks in Dallas, Integrated Strategy Initiatives, LLC. and Hoak
Breedlove Wesneski & Co, where he worked with competitive local exchange
companies, Internet service providers, Internet retailers and service providers,
and technology-focused defense contractors.

     Before becoming an investment banker, Chapados was senior vice president
for New Business Development at Crown Media Inc., a top 20 cable multiple system
operator, where he pursued investments in telecommunications, technology, and
programming.

     Prior to joining Crown, Chapados served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Communications and Information. In that position, he ran the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is the principal
advisor to the President on communications policy, manages all federal use of
radio spectrum, and conducts telecommunications technology research.

     From 1983 to 1992, Chapados served as Chief of Staff and Legislative
Assistant to Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). In that position, he was deeply
involved in the 1991 Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the
response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and federal telecommunications policy
issues affecting Alaska.

     Chapados was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. He received a Bachelor
degree from Harvard University and Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law
School.

     GCI (NASDAQ:GNCMA) is the largest telecommunications provider in Alaska.
The company provides local, wireless, and long distance telephone service, cable
television, Internet and data communication. More information about the company
can be found at www.gci.com.

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