CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
                           
                           
The Partners
Wicks Broadcast Group Limited Partnership
     
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in
this registration statement on Form S-8 of Cumulus
Media, Inc. of our report dated May 18, 1998, with
respect to the balance sheets of Chattanooga Broadcast
Group (a division of Wicks Broadcast Group Limited
Partnership) as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and the
related statements of operations and changes in
division equity and cash flows for each of the years in
the three year period ended December 31, 1997 which
report appears in the Form S-1 (No. 333-48849) of
Cumulus Media, Inc. dated June 19, 1998.
     
     
     
/s/  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
McLean, VA
July 9, 1998