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                                                                   Exhibit 23.5


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Citadel Communications Corporation, Citadel Broadcasting Company, CCC Capital
Trust I and CCC Capital Trust II on Form S-3 of our report dated March 28, 1997
relating to the consolidated financial statements of Tele-Media Broadcasting
Company and its partnership interests as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, appearing in
the Citadel Communications Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 10, 1999 and the Citadel Broadcasting Company Current Report on Form
8-K filed on December 10, 1999.

We consent to the reference to us under the heading "Independent Auditors" in
such Registration Statement.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Pittsburgh, PA
December 10, 1999