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 (Date of earliest event reported): May 14, 2003


                              Rockford Corporation
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                                     Arizona
                         (State or Other Jurisdiction of
                         Incorporation or Organization)


                  000-30138                        86-0394353
           (Commission File Number)              (I.R.S. Employer
                                                Identification No.)


           600 South Rockford Drive                   85281
                Tempe, Arizona                      (Zip Code)
       (Address of Principal Executive
                   Offices)


                                 (480) 967-3565
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (c)  Exhibits

          The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.       Description
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   99.1        Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted in
               Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by W. Gary Suttle,
               our Chief Executive Officer, and James M. Thomson, our Chief
               Financial Officer.

ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

     W. Gary Suttle,  our Chief  Executive  Officer,  and James M. Thomson,  our
Chief Financial  Officer,  have provided a certification of our Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003. Their certification:

     o    was made pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted in Section 906
          of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and
     o    was attached to the transmittal letter  accompanying our filing of the
          Form 10-Q on May 14, 2003.

     Their  certification  is  attached as Exhibit  99.1 to this Form 8-K.  This
exhibit is being furnished, and is not filed, as permitted by Regulation FD.

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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.

                                        Rockford Corporation
                                        (Registrant)


Date: May 14, 2003                      By /s/ James M. Thomson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           James M. Thomson
                                           Chief Financial Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.    Description
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  99.1         Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted in
               Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by W. Gary Suttle,
               our Chief Executive Officer, and James M. Thomson, our Chief
               Financial Officer

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