CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LTD
10-Q, 1999-05-14
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  FORM 10-Q

             Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                     The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


      For Quarter ended March 31, 1999 Commission file number 333-23435



                      CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                WISCONSIN                                   39-1880843
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
   Incorporation or Organization)                          Identification No.)


   8501 Excelsior Drive, Madison, Wisconsin                           53717
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (608) 828-2000



Indicate  by  checkmark  whether  the  registrant  (1) has filed  all  reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934  during the  preceding  12 months (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant  was  required to file such  reports),  and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   X     No    


As of May 1, 1999, there were 5,410,565 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

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                      CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.
                       1ST QUARTER REPORT ON FORM 10-Q


                                   INDEX



PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

   Item 1.  Financial Statements
                Consolidated Balance Sheets -
                    March 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998

                Consolidated Statements of Income -
                    Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998

                Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow -
                    Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998

                Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


   Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                Financial Condition and Results
                of Operations

   Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk


PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION
 
   Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
   Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
   Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
 

Signatures


All other schedules and compliance information called for by the instructions
to Form 10-Q have been omitted since the required information is not present
or not present in amounts sufficient to require submission.








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                                    PART 1

                            FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements


                      CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.

                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

<TABLE>
                                                      MARCH 31,    DECEMBER 31,
                                                        1999           1998
In Thousands
<S>                                                      <C>           <C>
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS

    Cash and cash equivalents                         $   3,604     $   5,327
    Temporary investments                                 1,200         1,300
    Accounts receivable
       Due from customers                                 4,294         4,511
       Other, principally connecting
       companies                                          2,311         2,472
    Inventories
       Plant materials and supplies                         724           689
       Systems and parts                                  1,203         1,231
    Other                                                 1,721         1,606
       Total Current Assets                              15,057        17,136


PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, Net                       45,515        45,421

CELLULAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS                    3,715         3,715

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES LICENSE                   3,621         3,580

GOODWILL, Net                                             1,334         1,373
 

OTHER                                                     1,423         1,452


   TOTAL ASSETS                                       $  70,665     $  72,677

</TABLE>

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                      CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.

                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

<TABLE>
                                                       MARCH 31,   DECEMBER 31,
                                                         1999         1998
In Thousands Except For Share Amounts
<S>                                                      <C>          <C>
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES

    Current maturities of long-term debt              $   1,263     $   1,260
    Notes payable to banks                                  216         2,630
    Accounts payable                                      4,914         4,790
    Other                                                 1,512         1,064
       Total Current Liabilities                          7,905         9,744

LONG-TERM DEBT                                           25,207        25,551

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES                                     3,562         3,579

OTHER LIABILITIES                                         1,866         1,877
       Total Liabilities                                 38,540        40,751

MINORITY INTEREST                                           375           374

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
    Common stock, no par value;
    authorized 25 million shares;
    issued and outstanding 5,410,565
    and 5,408,606 shares, respectively                   14,704        14,668

    Retained earnings                                    17,046        16,884
        Total Shareholders' Equity                       31,750        31,552

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY            $  70,665     $  72,677


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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                      CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

<TABLE>
                                                          THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                        MARCH 31,     MARCH 31,
                                                          1999          1998
In Thousands Except For Per Share Data
<S>                                                       <C>           <C>
REVENUES AND SALES
   Local exchange carrier services                    $   6,449     $   6,595
   System sales and services                              3,088         2,645
   Other services and sales                               2,119         1,698
          Total Revenues and Sales                       11,656        10,938

OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
    Cost of goods sold                                    2,328         1,818
    Cost of services                                      2,157         1,815
    Selling, general & administrative                     3,794         3,456
    Depreciation & amortization                           1,402         1,290
          Total Operating Costs and Expenses              9,681         8,379

OPERATING INCOME                                          1,975         2,559
    Other income                                             74            77
    Interest Expense                                       (423)         (408)
    Minority Interest                                        (2)           (1)

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES                                1,624         2,227
    Income tax expense                                      624           850

NET INCOME                                            $   1,000     $   1,377

BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE                  $     .18     $     .26

Average common shares outstanding                         5,409         5,399

Dividends per share                                        .155          .145


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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                      CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.

                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


<TABLE>
                                                           THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                          MARCH 31,    MARCH 31,
                                                            1999         1998 
In Thousands
<S>                                                         <C>          <C>
OPERATIONS
   Net income                                         $   1,000     $   1,377
   Adjustments to reconcile net income
   to net cash from operations:
     Depreciation and amortization                        1,402         1,290
     Deferred income taxes                                  (17)            -
     Changes in current assets and
     current liabilities excluding
     effects of acquisitions:
            Receivables                                     378          (649)
            Inventories                                      (7)           39
            Payables                                        124          (941)
     Other                                                  352         2,194
               Net cash from operations                   3,232         3,310

INVESTING
      Capital expenditures                               (1,467)       (1,249)
      Personal Communication Services license               (41)          (47)
      Acquisitions (net of cash acquired)                     -          (282)
      Net decrease in short-term investments                100           100
      Other                                                  10           (25)
               Net cash (used in) investing              (1,398)       (1,503)

FINANCING
      Common stock issued                                    36             -
      Dividends paid                                       (838)         (784)
      Long-term debt repaid                                (341)         (338)
      Net repayment of short-term bank notes             (2,414)           (5)
               Net cash (used in) financing              (3,557)       (1,127)

(Decrease) Increase in cash and cash equivalents         (1,723)          680

Cash and cash equivalents:
      Beginning of period                                 5,327         2,736
      End of period                                   $   3,604     $   3,416

Cash paid during the period:
      Interest                                        $     437     $     409
      Income Tax                                      $     252     $      63


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

</TABLE>

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                      CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.

                  NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


1.    The unaudited financial statements included herein have been prepared
      pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
      Commission.  Certain information in footnote disclosures normally
      included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
      accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant
      to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes the
      disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not
      misleading.  It is suggested that these financial statements be read in
      conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto
      included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
      1998.

      In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying financial statements
      contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
      necessary to present fairly the financial position as of March 31, 1999
      and December 31, 1998, and the results of operations and cash flows for
      the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998.  The results for the
      three months ended March 31, 1999 are not necessarily indicative of the
      results of operations which may be expected for the entire year ending
      December 31, 1999.

2.    OPERATING SEGMENTS

      Chorus organizes its business into two reportable segments: local
      exchange carrier (LEC) services and system sales and services.  The LEC
      services segment provides telephone and data services to customers in
      local exchanges located in Southern Wisconsin.  The system sales and
      services segment sells, installs and services business telephone
      systems, computers and computer networks. Chorus also has operations in
      long distance, Internet services, and directory publishing that do not
      meet the quantitative thresholds for reportable segments.

<TABLE>
(In Thousands)          LOCAL EXCHANGE    SYSTEMS SALES
                            CARRIERS       AND SERVICES     OTHER       TOTAL
<S>                           <C>              <C>           <C>         <C>
MARCH 31, 1999

Revenues and sales
      External customers     $ 6,449        $ 3,088        $ 2,119    $ 11,656
      Intersegment               200              0            315         515
Segment profit (loss)          1,265           (266)            30       1,029


MARCH 31, 1998

Revenues and sales
      External customers     $ 6,595        $ 2,645        $ 1,698    $ 10,938
      Intersegment               179              0             27         206
Segment profit                 1,333             14             45       1,392
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
Reconciliation of Segment Information

(In Thousands)                             MARCH 31, 1999     MARCH 31, 1998
<S>                                              <C>                <C>
PROFIT

Total profit for reportable segments           $     999          $   1,347
Other profit                                          30                 45
Unallocated amounts:
  Non-operating segment                              (27)               (14)
  Minority interest                                   (2)                (1)

Net Income                                     $   1,000          $   1,377 
</TABLE>

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3.    CONTINGENCIES

      As further described in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended
      December 31, 1998, the Company has filed a petition for judicial review
      in Dane County Circuit Court regarding various rulings made by the
      Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.  There has been no change in
      the status of this litigation as reported in the Company's Form 10-K as
      of the date of this report.

4.     RECLASSIFICATION

      Certain amounts previously reported for the prior year have been
      reclassified to conform to the 1999 presentation.


Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
          and Results of Operations


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

Chorus' reported net income decreased $0.4 million to $1.0 million for the
quarter ended March 31, 1999, as compared to the same period in 1998.

Revenues increased $0.7 million for the first quarter of 1999 as compared to
the first quarter of 1998.  The increase is primarily due to the growth in
Internet customers as well as an increase in system sales and service
revenues.

Operating costs and expenses increased $1.3 million for the first quarter of
1999 as compared to the first quarter of 1998.  This was primarily due to the
cost of services to the Company's growing Internet subscriber base and an
increase in costs related to the system sales and services segment, which
experienced higher costs of goods sold and labor expenses for the quarter.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS SEGMENT

Chorus' primary operations are local exchange carrier services and system
sales and services.

LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER SERVICES

LEC services provide telephone and data services to customers in local
exchanges located in Southern Wisconsin.   LEC services operating income
consisted of the following:

<TABLE>

                                          For the First Quarter Ended
                                              1999          1998
In Thousands
<S>                                           <C>           <C> 
Revenues and Sales                           $6,649        $6,774
 
Operating Costs and Expenses                  4,375         4,339
LEC Services Operating Income                 2,274         2,435
Intercompany Eliminations                       (27)         (179)
 
Operating Income                             $2,247        $2,256
</TABLE>


LEC services revenues are derived from local network services, interstate
network access, intrastate network access and other services.  Local service
revenues are based on fees charged to customers for providing local telephone
exchange service within designated franchise areas.  Local service revenues
increased $0.2 million for the first quarter of 1999 as compared to the
similar period in 1998.  This was principally due to an increase in local
service rates.

Interstate revenues declined $0.4 million in the first quarter of 1999 as
compared to the first quarter of 1998, primarily due to a reduction in
interstate access rates and settlements received from the interexchange
carriers. Intrastate network access revenues remained level at $1.1 million
for both 1999 and 1998.

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Operating costs and expenses were level for the first quarter of 1999 as
compared to the same time period in 1998. Increases in training costs related
to implementation of new billing, customer service and financial reporting
software as well as an increase in occupancy costs were offset by a reduction
in costs related to regulatory proceedings.


SYSTEM SALES AND SERVICES

This segment sells, installs and services business telephone systems,
computers and computer networks.

System sales and services operating income consisted of the following:

<TABLE>
                                                For the First Quarter Ended
                                                    1999          1998
In Thousands
<S>                                                  <C>           <C>  
Revenues and Sales                                 $3,088        $2,645

Operating Costs and Expenses                        3,500         2,612

System Sales & Services Operating Income (Loss)      (412)           33
Intercompany Eliminations                              72             9

Operating Income                                   $ (340)       $   42
</TABLE>


System sales and services revenues increased $0.4 million in the first
quarter of 1999 as compared the similar period in 1998.  The increase in
revenues is due to higher customer demand.  Additionally, the acquisition of
The ComputerPlus whose operations are included in the financials statements
and related data from January 29, 1998, the date of the acquisition,
contributed to the increase.

Operating costs and expenses increased $0.9 million in the first quarter of
1999 as compared to the first quarter of 1998. This was due to the cost of
goods sold which increased by $0.5 million, primarily from the increase in
sales volume as well as an increase due to labor costs.  Additionally,
selling, general and administrative expenses rose $0.4 million, primarily due
to higher labor and occupancy costs.

OTHER SERVICES AND SALES

Other services and sales include operations from long distance, Internet,
competitive local exchange carrier and directory publishing operations.
Other services and sales operating income consisted of the following:

<TABLE>

                                          For the First Quarter Ended
                                              1999          1998
In Thousands
<S>                                            <C>          <C>
Revenues and Sales                           $2,434        $1,725

Operating Costs and Expenses                  2,321         1,634


Other Services & Sales Operating Income         113            91
Intercompany Eliminations                       (45)          170
Operating Income                             $   68        $  261
</TABLE>


Revenues from other services and sales increased $0.7 million in the first
quarter of 1999 as compared to the first quarter of 1998 which was the result
of the growth in number of the Company's Internet subscribers.  Additionally
the Company's expansion into competitive local exchange carrier operations
contributed to the increase.  Correspondingly, the increase in operating
costs and expenses in the first quarter of 1999 as compared to the first
quarter of 1998 were directly related to the increase in revenues noted above.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

OVERVIEW

Chorus requires funds primarily for its construction programs, the maturity
and retirement of long-term debt, dividend payments and investments.  The
capital resources available to meet these requirements are provided through
operating and financing activities.  Net cash from operating activities of
Chorus and its subsidiaries for the first quarter of 1999 was $3.2 million.

INVESTING ACTIVITIES AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

The primary capital requirement of Chorus has historically consisted of
expenditures under its construction program.  Total construction expenditures
for the first quarter of 1999 were $1.5 million.

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

During the first quarter of 1999, Chorus repaid $0.3 million of long-term
debt and $2.4 million of short-term debt.

It is anticipated that the capital requirements for Chorus' construction
programs, maturity and retirement of long-term debt, and dividend payments
will be provided for with cash flow from operating activities and the
issuance of debt.

At May 7, 1999, Chorus has available unused lines-of-credit of $12.5 million.
Chorus has experienced no difficulty in obtaining funds for its construction
programs or other purposes.  However, competition could have a negative
impact on Chorus' future operations and cash flows.

REGULATION AND COMPETITION

As more fully discussed in the Company's Form 10-K for 1998, Mid-Plains is
subject to competition, which Mid-Plains expects will have some adverse
effect upon its future revenues. The full extent of that effect is unknown at
this time.

YEAR 2000 (Y2K)

The Year 2000 compliance issue exists because many computerized information
systems use two-digit data fields to designate a year and cannot process
date-sensitive information beyond December 31, 1999.  Chorus has established
a Year 2000 Project Team, to coordinate and monitor the Company's Year 2000
compliance efforts.  Begun in 1997, Chorus' Year 2000 effort covers its
network and supporting infrastructure for the provisioning of local switched
and data telecommunications services.  Additionally, within the scope of this
initiative are the Company's operational and financial information technology
systems and applications, end-user computing resources and building systems,
such as security, elevator and environmental control systems.  The project
also includes a review of the Year 2000 compliance efforts of the Company's
key vendors and suppliers.  While this initiative is broad in scope, it has
been structured to identify and prioritize the Company's efforts for mission
critical systems, network elements and products and key vendors and
suppliers.

Work is progressing in the following phases: inventory, assessment, planning
deployment and monitoring.  The inventory and assessment phases have been
substantially completed as of April 1998.  The planning stage was
substantially completed as of December 31, 1998, except for the Company's
contingency plan (see below).  The deployment phase is in progress and the
Company has established a target date for completing this phase of
September 1, 1999 for billing and customer service support systems and July
1, 1999 for network elements, products and financial information technology
systems.  The ability to meet these target dates is dependent upon the timely
provision of the necessary upgrades and modifications by the Company's
vendors and suppliers.  Additionally, the Company is dependent on vendors'
and suppliers' assurances that their upgrades will be Year 2000 compliant.
Also, the Company cannot guarantee that third parties on whom it depends for
essential services (such as electric utilities, interexchange carriers, etc.)
will convert their critical systems and processes in a timely manner.
Failure or delay by any of these parties could significantly disrupt the
Company's business.  However, the Company has established a vendor and
supplier compliance program, and is working with key vendors and suppliers to
minimize such risks.

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Chorus currently estimates that it will incur expenses of approximately $.2
million through 1999 in connection with anticipated Year 2000 efforts.
Chorus anticipates that a portion of Year 2000 expenses will not be
incremental costs, but rather will represent the redeployment of existing
resources.  Chorus also expects to incur certain capital improvement costs
(totaling approximately $.4 million) to support this project.  Such capital
costs are being incurred sooner than originally planned, but, for the most
part, would have been required in the normal course of business.

As part of our Year 2000 initiative, Chorus is evaluating scenarios that may
occur as a result of the century change and is in the process of developing
contingency plans tailored for the Year 2000 related occurrences.  Chorus has
established a target date of June 1, 1999 for the completion of these plans.

In management's view, the most reasonable worst case scenario for Year 2000
failure prospects faced by Chorus is that a limited number of important
operational and financial information technology systems and applications may
unexpectedly fail.  In addition, no assurance can be given that there may not
be problems with the Company's network and supporting infrastructure for
provisioning of local switched and data telecommunications services relating
to Year 2000.  Failure by Chorus or by certain of its vendors and suppliers
to remediate Year 2000 compliance issues in advance of the Year 2000 and to
execute appropriate contingency plans in event that a critical failure is
experienced, could result in disruption of Chorus' operations, possibly
impacting the Company's network and impairing Chorus' ability to bill and
collect revenues.

The above information is based on the Company's current best estimates, which
was derived using numerous assumptions of future events, including the
availability and future costs of certain technological and other resources,
third party modification actions and other factors.  Given the complexity of
these issues and possible as yet unidentified risks, actual results may vary
materially from those anticipated and discussed above.  Specific factors that
might cause such differences include, among others, the availability and cost
of personnel trained in this area, the ability to locate and correct all
affected computer code, the timing and success of remedial efforts of the
Company's third party vendor and suppliers and similar uncertainties.

This communication constitutes a "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure" as provided
in Section 3 (9) of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of
1998.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations includes, and future filings by the Company on Form 10-K, Form
10-Q and Form 8-K, and future oral and written statements by the Company and
its management may include, certain forward-looking statements, including
(without limitation) statements with respect to anticipated future operating
and financial performance, growth opportunities and growth rates, acquisition
opportunities, Year 2000 compliance and other similar forecasts and
statements of expectation.  Words such as expects, anticipates, plans,
believes, estimates, could, and should, and variations of these words and
similar expressions, are intended to identify these forward-looking
statements.  Forward-looking statements by the Company and its management are
based on estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions of management and
are not guarantees of future performance.  The Company disclaims any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement based on the
occurrence of future events, the receipt of new information, or otherwise.

Actual future performance, outcomes and results may differ materially from
those expressed in forward-looking statements made by the Company and its
management as a result of a number of important factors.  Representative
examples of these factors include (without limitation) rapid technological
developments and changes in the telecommunications and information services
industries; ongoing deregulation (and the resulting likelihood of
significantly increased price and product/service competition) in the
telecommunications industry as a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
and other federal and state rules and regulations enacted pursuant to that
legislation and regulatory limitations on the Company's ability to change its
pricing for communications services.  In addition to these factors, actual
future outcomes and results may differ materially because factors including
(without limitation) market conditions and growth rates, economic conditions,
policy changes and the continued availability of financing in the amounts, at
the terms, and on the conditions necessary to support the Company's future
business.

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The Company does not have market exposure relating to foreign currency
exchange rates or derivative financial instruments.  Additionally, the
Company is not exposed to material earnings, cash flow or changes in fair
value exposures from changes in interest rates on its long-term obligations.

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                                   PART II.

                              OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

As described more fully in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1998, in June 1997, the PSCW issued orders authorizing two
companies, KMC Telecom, Inc. ("KMC") and TDS Datacom, Inc., n/k/a TDS
Metrocom, Inc. ("TDS"), to provide local exchange service in the Mid-Plains,
Inc. service territory.  As part of these orders, the PSCW held that Mid-Plains
was no longer entitled to either an exclusive franchise under state law or a 
rural telephone company exemption under federal law.  Mid-Plains disagreed and 
filed a petition for judicial review in Dane County Circuit Court.  The 
disposition of this petition by the Circuit Court is still currently on appeal 
with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and the Dane County Circuit Court and has 
not been settled.


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of shareholders was held April 21, 1999.  At the meeting
the following were elected to serve as company directors for a three-year
term:

<TABLE>
                                      FOR        WITHHELD
      <S>                             <C>           <C>                      
      Carrie L. Bennett-Barndt     3,632,491      85,769
      Charles Maulbetsch           3,660,755      57,505
</TABLE>

Directors of the Company who are continuing their terms are Howard L. (Lee)
Swanson, Douglas J. Timmerman and Dean W. Voeks.

Additionally at the annual meeting, the shareholders approved the 1998 Chorus
Communications Group, Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  The number of
shares cast were as follows:

<TABLE>
      <S>            <C>     
      For         3,218,761
      Against       306,460
      Abstain       189,985
</TABLE>

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

  (a)  List of Exhibits

      3(i)   Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
             Form 8-12G, reporting under Exchange Act Section 12(g), filed
             on December 2, 1997, File No. 000-23443)

      3(ii)  By-Laws (incorporated by reference to Form 10-K, reporting
             under Exchange Act Section 12(g), filed on March 30, 1999,
             File No. 000-23443)

      (27)   Financial Data Schedule

 (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

      There were no Form 8-Ks filed during the period covered by this report.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.


                         CHORUS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LTD.
                                    (Registrant)

Date:  May 14, 1999     /s/DEAN W. VOEKS
                        Dean W. Voeks
                        Chief Executive Officer

Date:  May 14, 1999     /s/HOWARD G. HOPEMAN
                        Howard G. Hopeman
                        Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer


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<S>                             <C>
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