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                                                                   Exhibit 23.3


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Citadel Communications Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement 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 5, 1999,
except as to the last two paragraphs of Note 17, which are as of March 17,
1999, on the consolidated balance sheets of Citadel Communications Corporation
and subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 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, 1998, which report appears in
the December 31, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of Citadel Communications
Corporation, and to the reference to our firm under the heading, "Independent
Auditors" in this registration statement.


/s/ KPMG LLP


Phoenix, Arizona
December 10, 1999