Investor News Release

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000--MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (Nasdaq: MCCC) today announced that Rocco B. Commisso, its founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received the prestigious 2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Southwest Connecticut/New York Hudson Valley region. Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, this annual award recognizes the nation's outstanding entrepreneurs.

In announcing the recipients of this annual award, Alan L. Forman, Area Director of Entrepreneurial Services for Ernst & Young, said, "Their vision, innovative spirit, hard work, and fearless attitude towards risk have rewarded them a well-deserved place among the entrepreneurial elite of our region."

In his acceptance, Rocco Commisso said, "I am truly honored with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award but I am most pleased to accept it on behalf of all of our employees. Their talents, dedication and commitment to hard work have propelled Mediacom in less than four years into the ranks of the 10 largest cable television operators in the nation. Recognizing their contributions, I proudly dedicate this award to every member of the Mediacom family, and to my wife and two children, who have given me the unwavering support to fulfill the entrepreneurial dream."

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards are nationally co-sponsored by USA Today, CNNfn and CNN, the NASDAQ Market Group, and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Recipients of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award become lifetime members of the Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame. More information on this award can be accessed on the Internet at: www.ey.com/eoy.

Mediacom Communications is the 9th largest cable television company in the United States, after giving effect to its pending acquisitions and recently announced industry transactions. Mediacom's cable systems pass over 1.2 million homes and serve approximately 820,000 basic subscribers in 23 states, including its pending acquisitions. The Company offers an array of broadband services, including cable television, high-speed Internet access and advanced digital video programming. Mediacom was founded in July 1995 by Rocco Commisso to acquire and develop cable television systems serving principally non-metropolitan markets in the United States.

More information about Mediacom Communications Corporation can be accessed on the Internet at: www.mediacomcc.com.

CONTACT: Mediacom Communications Corporation

             Mark E. Stephan
             Senior Vice President and
             Chief Financial Officer
             914/695-2640
             mstephan@mediacomcc.com