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                                                                  Exhibit 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Citadel Broadcasting Company

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-92593) on Form S-3 of Citadel Communications Corporation, Citadel
Broadcasting Company, CCC Capital Trust I and CCC Capital Trust II of our report
dated February 18, 2000 relating to the consolidated balance sheet of
Bloomington Broadcasting Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999
and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for the year then ended, which report appears in Form 8-K of Citadel
Broadcasting Company dated June 28, 2000, and to all references to our firm
included in the referenced registration statement.


                                        /s/ Dunbar, Breitweiser & Company LLP


Bloomington, Illinois
July 13, 2000