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                                                                  Exhibit 23.7


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

To the Board of Directors
Citadel Communications Corporation

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Amendment No. 1 to registration
statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-92593) of Citadel Communications
Corporation, Citadel Broadcasting Company, CCC Capital Trust I and CCC Capital
Trust II of our report dated March 12, 1999 (except for Note 13 as to which the
date is March 19, 1999) on the consolidated balance sheet of Citywide
Communications, Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and the related consolidated
statements of operations and accumulated deficit, stockholders' deficit and cash
flows for the year then ended included in Citadel Communications Corporation's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 10, 1999 and in Citadel Broadcasting
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 10, 1999, and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Independent Auditors" in the
registration statement.


                                                   /s/ Faulk & Winkler, LLC

                                                   Certified Public Accountants

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 10, 2000