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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000020520-09-000013
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090323
ITEM INFORMATION:		Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plans
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090323
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090323

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000020520
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				060619596
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11001
		FILM NUMBER:		09697922

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		HIGH RIDGE PK BLDG 3
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06905
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2036145600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE HIGH RIDGE PARK
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06905

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000619

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CITIZENS UTILITIES CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2009

                       Frontier Communications Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

          001-11001                                 06-0619596
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   (Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer Identification No.)


    3 High Ridge Park, Stamford, Connecticut                06905
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    (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)

                                 (203) 614-5600
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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                   (Former name or former address, if changed
                              since last report.)

     Check the  appropriate  box below if the Form 8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

     | |  Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
          (17 CFR 230.425)

     | |  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
          CFR 240.14a-12)

     | |  Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)  under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     | |  Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)  under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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Item 5.04      Temporary Suspension of Trading under Registrant's Employee
               -----------------------------------------------------------
               Benefit Plans
               -------------

                    On March 23, 2009, Frontier Communications  Corporation (the
               "Company") sent a notice to its directors and executive  officers
               informing  them of a  proposed  blackout  period  (the  "Blackout
               Period") regarding the Frontier Communications Corporation 401(k)
               Savings  Plan  (the  "401(k)  Plan"),  and  the  prohibitions  on
               engaging in any non-exempt  transactions in equity  securities of
               the Company  during the  Blackout  Period,  as well as during the
               regularly  scheduled  quarterly  blackout  periods  applicable to
               directors  and  certain   employees   (including   all  executive
               officers)  (the  "Notice").  The  Company's  regularly  scheduled
               quarterly  blackout period began prior to the Blackout Period and
               may end prior to the end date of the Blackout Period.

                    The  Blackout  Period  is  required  in  order  to  effect a
               transition  of the  administration  of the  401(k)  Plan to a new
               service  provider  and is expected  to  commence  during the week
               beginning  April 19,  2009 and is expected to end during the week
               beginning May 17, 2009.

                    During the Blackout Period,  participants in the 401(k) Plan
               will be temporarily  suspended  from making certain  transactions
               under  the  401(k)  Plan,  including  directing  or  diversifying
               investments, obtaining a loan from the 401(k) Plan, and obtaining
               a distribution or withdrawal from the 401(k) Plan.  Notice of the
               Blackout  Period was sent to all  participants  or  beneficiaries
               under the 401(k) Plan on March 19, 2009.

                    The Notice  was  provided  to the  Company's  directors  and
               executive officers pursuant to the requirements of Section 306 of
               the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of the Securities and
               Exchange  Commission's  Regulation  BTR.  A copy of the Notice is
               attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this  Current  Report on Form 8-K and
               incorporated by reference herein.

                    A participant in the 401(k) Plan, a security holder or other
               interested  person  may  obtain,   without  charge,   information
               regarding the Blackout  Period,  including the actual ending date
               of the  Blackout  Period.  Information  may be  obtained  before,
               during and for at least two years  after the  Blackout  Period by
               any of the following methods:

                  Mail  - Frontier Communications Corporation
                          3 High Ridge Park, Stamford, CT 06905
                          Attention: Corporate Secretary

                  Phone  - (203) 614-5600

                  Email  - frontier@frontiercorp.com
                           -------------------------

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits
               ---------------------------------

               (d)  Exhibits

               99.1 Notice   of   Blackout    Period    provided   to   Frontier
                    Communications Corporation directors and executive officers



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<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES


     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.

                       FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION



Date: March 23, 2009                  By:  /s/ Robert J. Larson
                                           -------------------------------
                                           Robert J. Larson
                                           Senior Vice President and
                                           Chief Accounting Officer





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                                                                   Exhibit 99.1


                       Frontier Communications Corporation
                                3 High Ridge Park
                               Stamford, CT 06905
                                 (203) 614-5600

                                 March 23, 2009

To:        Members of the Board of Directors
           and Executive Officers

From:      David G. Schwartz, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and
           Assistant Secretary

Re:        Notice of Blackout Period
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     As you  know,  you  may  not  buy or sell  equity  securities  of  Frontier
Communications  Corporation (the "Company") during a specified period of time in
each calendar quarter (the "Quarterly Blackout Period").  The Quarterly Blackout
Period for the first  quarter  ending March 31, 2009 began on March 16, 2009 and
will last until the second  business day  following  the filing of the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2009. You will be
informed of the exact date on which the Quarterly  Blackout Period for the first
quarter ending March 31, 2009 will end.

     Please note that the Quarterly  Blackout  Period for the first quarter 2009
is  expected  to  partially   overlap  with  a  separate   blackout  period  for
participants in the Frontier Communications Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (the
"401(k)  Plan")  that is  required  in  order  to  effect  a  transition  of the
administration of the 401(k) Plan to a new service provider. The blackout period
for the 401(k) Plan is scheduled to commence the week  beginning  April 19, 2009
and is  expected  to end the week  beginning  May 17,  2009 (the "Plan  Blackout
Period").  Since the exact dates of the Plan Blackout  Period depend on a number
of factors,  you may call me at (203) 614-5675 at any time to determine  whether
the Plan  Blackout  Period  has begun or ended.  I also will  notify  you of any
delays.

     Regardless of whether you are a participant in the 401(k) Plan, YOU ARE NOW
PROHIBITED FROM TRADING IN THE COMPANY'S  EQUITY  SECURITIES,  other than exempt
transactions,  until the  expiration  of the  Quarterly  Blackout  Period or the
expiration of the Plan Blackout Period,  whichever is later. You should be aware
that certain  transactions  which are normally  permitted  during our  Quarterly
Blackout  Periods (for example,  exercising  stock options,  paying the exercise
price for option shares by tendering  previously owned shares or using shares to
satisfy the tax withholding  obligation upon a vesting of restricted  stock) are
not  permitted  during the Plan  Blackout  Period.  The  regulations  do provide
exceptions for a limited number of transactions, primarily those that take place
automatically or in a manner that is outside your control.  Bona fide gifts also
are exempted.

     Please remember that in addition to the above trading prohibitions, you are
generally prohibited from buying,  selling or recommending  securities while you
are aware of material,  non-public information about any security or its issuer.
Once these  blackout  periods end, you will still be subject to our normal rules
requiring pre-clearance of trading in the Company's equity securities.

     Federal  securities  laws  require  us to provide  this  notice to you as a
director  or  executive  officer  of the  Company.  Please  contact  me at (203)
614-5675 for further information or questions.

                                                    D.G.S.


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