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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM T-1
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                       STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE
                        TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
                    CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

                   Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility
                     of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) __


                       STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
               (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

               Massachusetts                                  04-1867445
     (Jurisdiction of incorporation or                     (I.R.S. Employer
 organization if not a U.S. national bank)               Identification No.)

                   225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
   
         John R. Towers, Esq. Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                   225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                                     (617)654-3253
               (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
    
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                          CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

                 NEW JERSEY                                   06-1158179
      (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                          CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                                50 LOCUST AVENUE
                          NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT 06840

                  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


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                             SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
                            SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT
                      (COLLECTIVELY THE "DEBT SECURITIES")
                         (Title of indenture securities)

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                                     GENERAL

ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.

        FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE TRUSTEE:

        (A) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY TO WHICH
IT IS SUBJECT.

               Department  of  Banking  and  Insurance  of The  Commonwealth  of
               Massachusetts, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

               Board of Governors  of the Federal  Reserve  System,  Washington,
               D.C., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.

        (B)  WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.

               Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.

        IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.

               The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee or of its parent,
State Street Corporation.

               (See note on page 2.)

ITEM 3. THROUGH ITEM 15.     NOT APPLICABLE.

ITEM 16.       LIST OF EXHIBITS.

        LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS PART OF THIS STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.

        1. A COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE TRUSTEE AS NOW IN
EFFECT.

        A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee, as now in effect,
is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 1 to Amendment
No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1)
filed with the Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940)
and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

        2.   A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF THE TRUSTEE TO COMMENCE
BUSINESS, IF NOT CONTAINED IN THE   ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

        A copy of a Statement from the Commissioner of Banks of Massachusetts
that no certificate of authority for the trustee to commence business was
necessary or issued is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification
of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc.
(File No. 22-17940) and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

        3. A COPY OF THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE TRUSTEE TO EXERCISE CORPORATE
TRUST POWERS, IF SUCH AUTHORIZATION IS NOT CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED
IN PARAGRAPH (1) OR (2), ABOVE.

        A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust
powers is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3 to
Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee
(Form T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No.
22-17940) and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

        4.   A COPY OF THE EXISTING BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEE, OR INSTRUMENTS
CORRESPONDING THERETO.

               A copy of the by-laws of the trustee, as now in effect, is on
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4 to the Statement
of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the
Registration Statement of Eastern Edison Company (File No. 33-37823) and is
incorporated herein by reference thereto.


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        5. A COPY OF EACH INDENTURE  REFERRED TO IN ITEM 4. IF THE OBLIGOR IS IN
DEFAULT.

               Not applicable.

        6. THE  CONSENTS OF UNITED  STATES  INSTITUTIONAL  TRUSTEES  REQUIRED BY
SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT.

               The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act
is annexed hereto as Exhibit 6 and made a part hereof.

        7. A COPY OF THE LATEST  REPORT OF  CONDITION  OF THE TRUSTEE  PUBLISHED
PURSUANT TO LAW OR THE REQUIREMENTS OF ITS SUPERVISING OR EXAMINING AUTHORITY.

               A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published
pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority is
annexed hereto as Exhibit 7 and made a part hereof.


                                      NOTES

        In answering any item of this Statement of Eligibility which relates to
matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor or any underwriter for
the obligor, the trustee has relied upon information furnished to it by the
obligor and the underwriters, and the trustee disclaims responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of such information.

        The answer furnished to Item 2. of this statement will be amended, if
necessary, to reflect any facts which differ from those stated and which would
have been required to be stated if known at the date hereof.



                                    SIGNATURE
   
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has
duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Boston and The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 29th day of May, 1997.
    
                                            STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

   
                                                   ERIC J. DONAGHEY
                                            By:  ------------------------------

                                                   ERIC J. DONAGHEY
                                                   ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
    




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                                    EXHIBIT 6


                             CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE

        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issuance by CENTURY
COMMUNICATIONS CORP. of its DEBT SECURITIES, we hereby consent that reports of
examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request therefor.

                                            STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY


   
                                                   ERIC J. DONAGHEY
                                            By:  ------------------------------
                                                   ERIC J. DONAGHEY
                                                   ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

DATED: MAY 29, 1997
    






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                                    EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of State Street Bank and Trust Company of
Boston, Massachusetts and foreign and domestic subsidiaries, a state banking
institution organized and operating under the banking laws of this commonwealth
and a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December
31, 1996, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank
of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act and in
accordance with a call made by the Commissioner of Banks under General Laws,
Chapter 172, Section 22(a).

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                                                               Thousands of
ASSETS                                                           Dollars
<S>                                                             <C>      
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
     Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ....    1,561,409
     Interest-bearing balances .............................    7,562,240
Securities .................................................    9,388,513
Federal funds sold and securities purchased
  under agreements to resell in domestic offices
  of the bank and its Edge subsidiary ......................    5,622,962
Loans and lease financing receivables:
     Loans and leases, net of unearned income ....4,858,187
     Allowance for loan and lease losses .........   72,614
     Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowances    4,785,573
Assets held in trading accounts ............................      874,700
Premises and fixed assets ..................................      383,955
Other real estate owned ....................................          870
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries .................       93,621
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding       35,022
Intangible assets ..........................................      148,190
Other assets ...............................................      932,673
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Total assets ...............................................   31,389,728
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LIABILITIES

Deposits:
     In domestic offices ...................................    8,508,096
          Noninterest-bearing ..............................    6,435,131
          Interest-bearing .................................    2,072,965
     In foreign offices and Edge subsidiary ................   11,395,724
          Noninterest-bearing ..............................       27,508
          Interest-bearing .................................   11,368,216
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
  agreements to repurchase in domestic offices of
  the bank and of its Edge subsidiary ......................    7,518,222
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury and Trading 
  Liabilities ..............................................      733,935
Other borrowed money .......................................      650,578
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ...       35,022
Other liabilities ..........................................      770,029
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Total liabilities ..........................................   29,611,606
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ...............................................       29,931
Surplus ....................................................      358,146
Undivided profits ..........................................    1,389,720
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments ........          325
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Total equity capital .......................................    1,778,122
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Total liabilities and equity capital .......................   31,389,728
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I, Rex S. Schuette, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the above named
bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in
conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

                                                   Rex S. Schuette


We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.

                                                   David A. Spina
                                                   Marshall N. Carter
                                                   Charles F. Kaye




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