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                                                                   Exhibit 23.3


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Citadel Communications Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 of Citadel Communications Corporation, Citadel
Broadcasting Company, CCC Capital Trust I and CCC Capital Trust II of our report
dated March 5, 1999, except as to the last two paragraphs of Note 17, which are
as of March 17, 1999, on the consolidated balance sheets of Citadel
Communications Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and
the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998,
which report appears in the December 31, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of
Citadel Communications Corporation, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading, "Independent Auditors" in this registration statement.


                                                  /s/ KPMG LLP


Phoenix, Arizona
January 10, 2000