As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 1999


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    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) January 19, 1999



                                 FRETTER, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



           Michigan            0-14611           38-1557359
        (State or Other      (Commission        (IRS Employer
        Jurisdiction of     File Number)     Identification No.)
        Incorporation)



            12501 Grand River
            Brighton, Michigan                       48116
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)          (Zip Code)


                                (248) 213-3899
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      N/A
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


 
Item 5.  Other Events.
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          Fretter, Inc. (the "Company") is filing herewith the Monthly Operating
Reports of Debtors and Debtors in Possession for the Period Ended December 31, 
1998 that the Company filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for Northern
District of Ohio, Eastern Division on January 19, 1999 in connection with the
Company's ongoing proceeding under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code (11 U.S.C. Sections 101-1330), Case No. 96-15177.


Item 7.   Exhibits.
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(c)  Exhibits.
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     99.1      Monthly Operating Reports of Debtors and Debtors in Possession
               for the Period Ended December 31, 1998 (1)
                                             
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(1)  The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule
     or similar attachment to the Commission upon its request.            

 
                                  SIGNATURES
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          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 thereunto duly authorized.

                              FRETTER, INC.


                              By /s/ J. Michael McLean
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                                 J. Michael McLean
                                 Controller

Date: January 29, 1999

 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
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 Exhibit                                                
 Number               Document Description              
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  99.1     Monthly Operating Reports of Debtors and
           Debtors in Possession for the Period Ended
           December 31, 1998
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