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                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Citadel Communications Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-65279, No. 333-85701 and No. 333-85703) filed on Form S-8 and No. 333-92593
on Form S-3 of Citadel Communications Corporation of our report dated February
29, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Citadel Communications
Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, 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, 1999, which report
appears in Form 10-K of Citadel Communications Corporation dated March 30, 2000.




Phoenix, Arizona
March 30, 2000