Abstract. We consider the spectral radius algebras associated to C 0 contractions. If A is such an operator we show that the spectral radius algebra B A always properly contains the commutant of A.Let H be a complex, separable Hilbert space and let L(H) denote the algebra of all bounded linear operators on This paper can be regarded as a sequel to [4] where an extensive investigation of Jordan blocks and C 0 contractions (to be defined below) was conducted. A prominent role in this study was played by the so-called extended eigenvalues. (A complex number λ is an extended eigenvalue of A if there is a nonzero operator X such that AX = λXA.) As we will see, the presence of an eigenvalue or an extended eigenvalue is sufficient to guarantee that B A = {A} . Unfortunately, not every Jordan block S(θ) has either of these. Nevertheless, we will demonstrate that the inclusion under consideration is proper when A belongs to the class C 0 (Theorems 3, 5, and 18). Our method utilizes the relationship between S(θ) and the shift S as well as the quasisimilarity model for C 0 contractions.We briefly review the relevant facts and notation. A contraction A is completely nonunitary if there is no invariant subspace M for A such that A|M is a unitary operator. A completely nonunitary contraction A is said to be of class C 0 if there exists a nonzero function h ∈ H ∞ such that h(A) = 0. The inner function v such that vH ∞ = {u ∈ H ∞ : u(A) = 0} is the minimal function of A and is denoted by m A . A very important subclass of C 0 contractions are the Jordan blocks. Throughout the paper we will use S to denote the forward unilateral shift of multiplicity 1, and {e n } ∞ n=0 the orthonormal basis such that Se n = e n+1 , n ≥ 0. One knows that S can be viewed as multiplication by z on the Hardy space H 2 .