8-K

                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C 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) April 12, 1996

                        FRONTIER CORPORATION
       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       New York                1-4166          16-0613330
   (State or other          (Commission        (IRS Employer
    jurisdiction of          File Number)    Identification No.)
    incorporation)

180 South Clinton Avenue, Rochester, New York        14646
(Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (716) 777-1000

Item 5   Other Events
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     On April 12, 1996, the Registrant announced that H. Robert Gill
resigned as Senior Corporate Vice President and President of the
Frontier Enhanced Products Group.

     As permitted by General Instruction F to Form 8-K, the
Registrant incorporates by reference the information contained in
the press release which is filed as an Exhibit to this Report on
Form 8-K.



                             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 of the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                   Frontier Corporation
                                   (Registrant)


                                       /s/ Barbara J. LaVerdi
Dated: April 16, 1996             By:  -------------------------
                                        Barbara J. LaVerdi
                                        Assistant Secretary

                                  

                           EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number      Description
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     99             Press Release dated      Filed herewith
                    April 12, 1996
                    regarding resignation
                    of H. Robert Gill

EX-99

			                        EXHIBIT 99

Frontier Logo
180 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14646

DATE:           April 12, 1996

CONTACT:        Grace A. Lazzara/716-777-8433 (media)
                Philip H. Yawman/716-777-6179 (investors)

SUMMARY:        GILL RESIGNS FROM FRONTIER CORPORATION


Rochester, N.Y. -- April 12, 1996 -- H. Robert Gill, 59, has 
resigned as a senior vice president and president of Frontier 
Corporation's (NYSE: FRO) Enhanced Products Group, the company announced 
today.

Frontier will not fill Gill's position.  Responsibilities for the 
Enhanced Products Group will fall under Robert L. Barrett, 54, president 
of Frontier Network Systems and Services.  The group includes ConferTech 
International, ConferTech Canada, LinkUSA and LINK-VTC.  Donald 
Detampel, 40, president of ConferTech International, will report to 
Barrett and will now also oversee LINK-VTC and ConferTech Canada.  Frank 
Brletich, 49, remains president of LinkUSA and also will report to 
Barrett.

Gill joined Frontier after the company merged with ALC 
Communications Corporation in 1995.  He had formerly served as president 
and CEO of ConferTech International, the teleconferencing subsidiary of 
ALC.

Frontier Corporation is the parent company whose long distance, 
local telephone and wireless communications subsidiaries provide a range 
of integrated services to customers.  It was chartered in 1920 as 
Rochester Telephone Corporation.  Frontier employs 8,000 and maintains 
more than 200 sales offices in the United States, Canada and the United 
Kingdom.  With $2.1 billion in annual revenues, the corporation produced 
a total return on assets of 46 percent in 1995.  The combined long 
distance revenues of Frontier's subsidiaries rank them fifth among long 
distance companies.

You can now receive a faxed copy of any Frontier Corporation press 
release dating back to April 1995, free of charge, 24 hours a day. Call 
1-800-758-5804, extension 762302. An automated system will provide you 
with instructions.

Visit Frontier Corporation's home page on the World Wide 
Web:http://www.frontiercorp.com

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