Exhibit 99.1


                                                    Citizens Communications
                                                    3 High Ridge Park
                                                    Stamford, CT  06905
                                                    203.614.5600
                                                    www.czn.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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David Whitehouse
Senior Vice President & Treasurer
203.614.5708


              Citizens Communications Consolidates Billing Systems;
      Achieves Major Triple-Play Milestone - 100,000 DISH Network Customers

Stamford,  Conn., April 17, 2008 -- Citizens  Communications  Company (NYSE:CZN)
announced today that it  successfully  completed the first of two billing system
conversions consolidating more than 465,000 customers into the Company's primary
billing platform. The primary Citizens billing system now supports approximately
2 million access lines.  This significant  undertaking  enhances the billing and
customer care  capabilities for 64 markets and included  consolidation of plant,
inventory and repair  functions.  Citizens now has just two billing  systems and
the remaining system conversion  covering 400,000 access lines, is scheduled for
completion later this year.

Commenting on the  conversion,  CEO Maggie  Wilderotter  said,  "The benefits of
these  conversions  are very  significant.  In addition to lowering  the cost of
operations through business process standardization,  there will be a meaningful
positive  effect on customer  service.  Our customers will have a new simplified
bill format that is greatly  improved  over the previous  version.  The bill was
designed  with  customer  input,  has  multiple  color  capability  and enhanced
messaging.  These information system consolidations also allow our customer care
representatives to be even more effective at selling our products and delivering
a great customer experience."

The Company also announced the sign up of its 100,000th  DISH Network  Satellite
TV(R) customer.  The Company's  partnership  with DISH Network  provides several
all-digital  television  packages  ranging from 40 to 250 channels.  These video
packages  are added to telephone  and  broadband  services  sold and provided by
Citizens.  The customer receives a discount for taking all three voice video and
data services and Citizens provides the customer service, billing and front line
support for these products.

"Reaching our 100,000th  DISH customer in just three years is a major  milestone
for Citizens.  We have a solid  partnership  with DISH Network and our customers
who take all three services - the "Triple Play" - have significantly lower churn
than all other product offers. " said Ms. Wilderotter.


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About Citizens Communications
Citizens  Communications  Company  (NYSE:  CZN) operates under the brand name of
Frontier and offers  telephone,  television and Internet  services in 24 states.
More information is available at www.czn.com and www.frontieronline.com

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to
the safe harbor  provisions of The Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of
1995.  These  statements  are  made  on the  basis  of  management's  views  and
assumptions  regarding  future  events and business  performance.  Words such as
"believe,"  "anticipate,"  "expect,"  and similar  expressions  are  intended to
identify forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements (including oral
representations)  involve risks and uncertainties  that may cause actual results
to differ  materially  from any  future  results,  performance  or  achievements
expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties are based
on a number of factors,  including but not limited to:  reductions in the number
of our access lines and high-speed internet subscribers; competition from cable,
wireless and other  wireline  carriers;  greater than  anticipated  competition;
general and local economic,  business, industry and employment conditions on our
revenues; our ability to successfully introduce new product offerings, including
bundled  service  packages;  our  ability to sell  enhanced  and data  services;
ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications industry; our ability to
effectively manage our operations,  operating expenses and capital expenditures,
to pay  dividends and to reduce or refinance  our debt;  adverse  changes in the
ratings  given  to  our  debt  securities  by  nationally   accredited   ratings
organizations;  bankruptcies  in the  telecommunications  industry,  which could
result in potential bad debts;  increased medical,  retiree and pension expenses
and  related  funding  requirements;  changes  in income  tax  rates,  tax laws,
regulations or rulings, and/or federal or state tax assessments;  the effects of
state regulatory cash management  policies on our ability to transfer cash among
our subsidiaries  and to the parent company;  and our ability to pay a $1.00 per
common  share  dividend  annually,  which may be  affected by our cash flow from
operations, amount of capital expenditures, debt service requirements, cash paid
for income taxes (which will  increase in the future) and our  liquidity.  These
and other uncertainties  related to our business are described in greater detail
in our filings  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  including  our
reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q and the foregoing  information  should be read in
conjunction  with  these  filings.  We do not  intend to update or revise  these
forward-looking  statements  to  reflect  the  occurrence  of  future  events or
circumstances.



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