UNITED STATES
  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: February 4, 1999
  
  
  CHYRON CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
  
  
  New York     
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation)
  
  1-9014
  (Commission File Number)
  
  11-2117385
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  
     
  5 Hub Drive
  Melville, New York
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           
  
  11747
  (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (516) 845-2000
  
  
  Item 5.  Other Events and Exhibits
  
  Pursuant to Rule 135c promulgated under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended, the Registrant files, under cover of this 8-K, the text
  of a public notice released by the Registrant on this date.  The text of
  such notice can be found as an exhibit attached hereto.
  
  Exhibits      Description
  
     1       Press Release of the Registrant, dated February 4, 1999.
  
  
  SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  CHYRON CORPORATION
  
  
  By: /s/ Dawn Johnston 
  Name: Dawn Johnston
  Title: Senior Vice President and
       Chief Financial Officer 
  
  
  Date:  February 4, 1999