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For Immediate Release: September 15, 2000
Mebane, North Carolina

MADISON RIVER COMUNICATION ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
Contact: Paul Sunu, Chief Financial Officer at (919) 563-8222 or Kevin Hancock, Marketing Manager at (919) 563-8227

Bond Ticker: MADRIV

September 15, 2000

Madison River Communications today announced the following organizational changes to support the accelerated growth plans of the Integrated Communications Division.

Craig Stapel, currently Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, will assume the position of Executive Vice President of the Integrated Communications Division. In this new capacity, Stapel will be responsible for all sales, customer care, installation, field operations, and marketing functions of the Integrated Communications Division. Stapel will report to Bruce J. Becker, President and Chief Operating Officer of ICD.

Stapel named the following General Managers for the markets served by the Integrated Communications Division. Mike Sutphin becomes General Manager/Dallas Market; Mike Burkeen becomes General Manager/Mid-Atlantic Markets including North Carolina, Florida, and Alabama; John Wiskirchen becomes General Manager/Mid-West Markets; and Bob Ungaro becomes General Manager/Major Accounts responsible for Fortune 1000 accounts nationwide. Stapel will name General Managers for the Houston and Atlanta markets at a later date.

Stapel also announced the following changes in the marketing organization. Rob Marquart, currently Director of Data Marketing, is promoted to the position of Vice President of Marketing and will report to Craig Stapel. Carolyn Hill, Director of Branch Operations, and Sammy Roberson, Director of Product Development, will report to Marquart. Kevin Hancock, Marketing Director-Promotion and Placement will now report to Bruce Becker.

"This reorganization is an important strategic change that aligns all of our resources to better support our customers in all of our markets. I am excited about the opportunity to have total ownership of our customers in the field," stated Craig Stapel, newly appointed Executive Vice President of the Integrated Communications Division.

Lee Whitney, currently Director of Network Operations, will become the Vice President of Engineering and Operations/Western Region for ICD. Also, J. T. Whitehead, currently Director of Network Implementation, will assume the position of Vice President of Engineering and Operations/Eastern Region for ICD.

Additionally, Kirt Perkins, currently Manager of Information Systems, is promoted to Director of ATM Platform Planning and Deployment. John DiGann is promoted to Director of Engineering and Operations, responsible for engineering build-out and network operations readiness and performance. Peter Neber is promoted to Director of Engineering and Operations, responsible for Provisioning. Perkins, DiGann, and Neber will report to Lee Whitney. Kelly Ray, Senior Manager of Digital Switch Translations will also report to Whitney.

Caren Silverberg has joined Madison River as Director of Customer Care for the Integrated Communications Division. Silverberg will report to Bruce Becker.

"These organizational changes will continue to enhance our ability to build on the progress we have made this year and provide the leadership necessary to accelerate the growth of the Integrated Communications Division," stated Bruce Becker, President and COO of the Integrated Communications Division.

Founded in 1996, Madison River has experienced dramatic and sustained growth since its inception. As of July 31, 2000, Madison River's access lines total is now over 201,000. Madison River provides long distance services to over 56,000 customers and Internet access service to over 29,000 customers. The company provides integrated communications services to customers through Madison River's 2,163 route mile Fiber Optic network spanning the southern United States, connecting Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston and Dallas.

The statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as ''may,'' ''will,'' ''expect,'' ''intend,'' ''estimate,'' ''anticipate,'' ''plan,'' ''seek'' or ''believe.'' We believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are accurate. However, we cannot assure you that such expectations will occur. Our actual future performance could differ materially from such statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following:

· the uncertainties and potential delays associated with   integrating the operations of Gulf Coast Services and Coastal Communications;

· the uncertainties and potential delays associated with our planned expansion into competitive local service;

· the passage of legislation or court decisions adversely affecting the telecommunications industry;

· our ability to repay our outstanding indebtedness;

· competition in the telecommunications industry; and

· the advent of new technology.

For more information, see the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 11 of our Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-36804) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

You should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, we are not obligated to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Madison River Capital, LLC operates as Madison River Communications and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Madison River Telephone Company, LLC. Madison River Communications operates and enhances rural telephone companies and uses advanced technology to provide competitive communications services in nearby markets. Madison River Telephone Company, LLC is owned by affiliates of Madison Dearborn Partners Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Providence Equity Partners and members of management.