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                                                                 Exhibit 23.1







                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Citadel Communications Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-65279, No. 33-85701 and No. 333-85703) on Form S-8 of Citadel Communications
Corporation and 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 March 10, 2000, relating to
the combined balance sheet of Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee and
subsidiaries, Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Nashville and Dick Radio
Alabama, Inc. as of December 31, 1999 and the related combined statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which
report appears in Form 8-K of Citadel Communications Corporation dated October
2, 2000, and to all references to our firm included in the referenced
registration statements.

/s/ Hines and Company, P.C.
Hines and Company, P.C.

Knoxville, Tennessee
October 17, 2000