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): June 20, 2006

                         Citizens Communications Company
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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.)

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Item 8.01   Other Events
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     Citizens  Communications Company (the "Company") announced on June 20, 2006
that it would pursue a new strategy for its Frontier  customer  operations  that
will include  consolidating  all inbound  customer calls to two or three centers
and a Work at Home  program  nationwide  by  year-end  2007.  The  Company  will
establish a new  Frontier  Call Center in Deland,  Florida in August 2006 and is
reviewing  options regarding the locations of the second and third call centers.
A copy of the Company's  press release issued on June 20, 2006  announcing  this
new  strategy  is filed  herewith  as Exhibit  99.1 and  incorporated  herein by
reference.

     The Company  timely  submitted  its 2005  annual  Chief  Executive  Officer
certification to the New York Stock Exchange,  although it inadvertently omitted
to state in its Annual Report to Stockholders  that it had made such submission.
The Company will include the required  disclosure in future annual  reports,  to
the extent required.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
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        (d) Exhibits

            99.1 Press Release of Citizens Communications Company released on
            June 20, 2006.


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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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                     CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY


Date:  June 21, 2006                 By: /s/ Robert J. Larson
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                                         Robert J. Larson
                                         Senior Vice President and
                                         Chief Accounting Officer