Exhibit 5

December 11, 1998



Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.
8501 Excelsior Drive
Madison, Wisconsin  53717


Gentlemen:

You   have  requested  our  opinion  as  counsel  for   Chorus
Communications  Group,  Ltd.,  a  Wisconsin  corporation  (the
"Company"),  in  connection with the  registration  under  the
Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended,  and  the  Rules  and
Regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  of  250,000  shares  of
Common  Stock  ("Stock")  of  the  Company  pursuant  to   the
Company's  Employee  Stock Purchase Plan  ("Plan"),  which  is
expected to be approved by the Company's stockholders  at  the
April 21, 1999 Annual Meeting.

We  have examined the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission  on  or
about  the  date  hereof (the "Registration  Statement").   We
further  have  examined the certificate of incorporation,  the
Bylaws,  the minutes of the Board of Directors of the  Company
regarding approval of the Plan, a certificate of an officer of
the Company and such other documents as we deemed pertinent as
a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.

In connection with this opinion we have assumed the following:
(a) the authenticity of original documents and genuineness  of
all  signatures;  (b) the conformity to the originals  of  all
documents  submitted  to  us as copies;  and  (c)  the  truth,
accuracy and completeness of the information contained in  the
certificates we have reviewed.  As to matters of fact material
to our opinions, we have relied on our review of the documents
referred to above and on statements made to us by officers  of
the  Company.  We have not independently verified any  factual
matters  or  any  assumptions made by us in  this  letter  and
disclaim  any inference as to the reasonableness of  any  such
assumption.

Based on the foregoing examination, we are of the opinion that
Stock  sold  pursuant to the Plan will,  when  issued  to  the
respective  participants, be legally issued,  fully  paid  and
nonassessable, except for up to six months unpaid employee wages,
but not in excess of the consideration paid for the shares, as
provided in Paragraph 180.0622(2)(b), Wisconsin Statutes.

We  consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

AXLEY BRYNELSON, LLP

/s/ Daniel T. Hardy

Daniel T. Hardy

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