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                                                                     Exhibit 23


                       INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 
333-65279 on Form S-8 of our report dated March 5, 1999, except as to the last 
two paragraphs of Note 17, which are as of March 17, 1999, relating to the 
consolidated balance sheets of Citadel Communications Corporation and 
subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated 
statements of operations, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for 
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, which 
report appears in the December 31, 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Citadel 
Communications Corporation.



                                                                 /s/ KPMG LLP


Phoenix, Arizona
March 29, 1999