8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): July 29, 2005

WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

000-28160	91-1638901
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3650 131st Avenue S.E. Bellevue, Washington	98006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(425) 586-8700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	ITEM 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
	ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT 99.1

ITEM 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     John W. Stanton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Western Wireless Corporation (the “Company”), intends to use the materials furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 at today’s annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, in announcing during the meeting the Company’s financial results for the second quarter of 2005, which are set forth in the materials.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)	Exhibits
99.1	Presentation Slides

SIGNATURE

     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.

	WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATION                     (Registrant)
Date: July 29, 2005	By:	/s/ Jeffrey A. Christianson
		Jeffrey A. Christianson
		Senior Vice President and           General Counsel

EX-99.1