Exhibit (a)(1)

                 [LOGO OF JONES INTERCABLE, INC. APPEARS HERE]

                                             November 19, 1998


Dear Limited Partner of Cable TV Fund 15-A, Ltd.:

     Cable TV Fund 15-A, Ltd., a Colorado limited partnership (the
"Partnership"), and Jones Intercable, Inc., a Colorado corporation and the
general partner of the Partnership (the "General Partner"), have reviewed the
unsolicited tender offer to purchase limited partnership interests of the
Partnership (the "Interests") for a purchase price of $250 per Interest (the
"Offer") made by Madison Liquidity Investors 104, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("Madison"), on November 5, 1998.  The Partnership and the
General Partner have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 relating to the Offer.  A copy of
that Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 is enclosed with this letter and
it should be carefully reviewed by each limited partner.  As more fully
described in the Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9, the Partnership and
the General Partner are making no recommendation as to whether limited partners
should tender their Interests in response to the Offer.  For those limited
partners who have no current need for liquidity and expect to retain their
Interests in the Partnership through an anticipated orderly liquidation of the
Partnership by the end of 1999, the Offer may be inadequate and not in their
best interests.  For those limited partners who have an immediate need for
liquidity or who conclude that the risks of a longer holding period are
significant, however, the Offer may indeed be adequate and in their best
interests.

     In considering whether to tender Interests, the Partnership and the General
Partner believe that limited partners should carefully consider all of the facts
and circumstances and should review all available information.  Factors that
could affect a limited partner's decision may include, but are by no means
limited to, the following:

 .  All of the Partnership's cable television systems are in various stages of
   being sold, and the General Partner currently estimates that the closing of
   the sale will occur during the first quarter of 1999.

 .  Aggregate cash distributions to limited partners from the net proceeds of the
   pending sale are currently estimated to be at least $366 per Interest, an
   amount substantially greater than the $250 per Interest that Madison is
   offering.

 
 .  A distribution of a substantial portion of the net sale proceeds is expected
   to be made by the end of the first quarter of 1999.

 .  Limited partners who sell any Interests to Madison pursuant to the Offer will
   not receive any distributions to be made from the pending sale.

 .  As set forth in the materials you received from Madison, Madison is making
   its Offer for investment purposes and with the intention of making a profit
   from its ownership of the Interests.

 .  Limited partners who desire to sell their Interests have other means of doing
   so, including by tendering Interests to Smithtown Bay, LLC, which is
   conducting an unregistered tender offer pursuant to which it is offering to
   purchase Interests at a purchase price of $300 per Interest.

     TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY TENDERED INTERESTS PURSUANT TO
MADISON'S OFFER, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO WITHDRAW YOUR
TENDER BY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH UNDER "SECTION 5. WITHDRAWAL
RIGHTS" IN MADISON'S OFFER TO PURCHASE DATED NOVEMBER 5, 1998.  Madison's Offer
to Purchase provides that Interests tendered pursuant to Madison's Offer may be
withdrawn at any time prior to the Offer's expiration date.  For withdrawal to
be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be timely received by
Madison's transfer agent, Gemisys Tender Services at 7103 South Revere Parkway,
Englewood, Colorado 80112 before Madison's Offer expires.  Any such notice of
withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the Interests to be
withdrawn and must be signed by the person(s) who signed the Agreement of
Assignment and Transfer in the same manner as the Agreement of Assignment and
Transfer was signed and it must also contain a medallion signature guarantee.

     The attached Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 expands upon the
reasons for the neutral position taken by the Partnership and the General
Partner concerning Madison's Offer, and contains additional information about
the potential risks to limited partners from their continuing to hold their
Interests through the planned liquidation of the Partnership.  We urge you to
read the Schedule 14D-9 carefully.

                                      Very truly yours,

                                      Cable TV Fund 15-A, Ltd.,
                                      a Colorado limited partnership

                                      By:  Jones Intercable, Inc., a
                                           Colorado corporation,
                                           its general partner



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