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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2
 
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
One Arizona Center          Telephone 602 253 2000          Telefax 602 252 0011
400 E. Van Buren Street
Suite 1100
Phoenix, AZ 85004
 
The Board of Directors
Citadel Broadcasting Company
 
We consent to the use of our report dated February 14, 1997, except as to the
thirteenth through seventeenth paragraphs of note 2 and notes 8, 13 and 23 which
are as of November 18, 1997, on the consolidated balance sheets of Citadel
Broadcasting Company and subsidiary as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and the
related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996 included herein and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the registration
statement.
 
                                                       /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Phoenix, Arizona
December 8, 1997