EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We  consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement
of Jacor Communications, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated February 12, 1996,
except for Note 14, as to which the date is March 13, 1996, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of Jacor  Communications, Inc. as of  December
31,  1995 and 1994 and for each of  the three years in the period ended December
31, 1995  and; of  our report  dated November  15, 1996,  on our  audits of  the
combined  financial  statements of  the Selected  Gannett  Radio Stations  as of
December 31, 1995  and September  29, 1996, which  report is  included in  Jacor
Communications,  Inc.'s Current Report on Form  8-K, dated December 12, 1996. We
also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Cincinnati, Ohio
December 11, 1996