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                                                                   Exhibit 23.6


                         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 April 7, 1999,
except as to note 11, which is as of August 31, 1999, on the consolidated
balance sheet of Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries as
of December 31, 1998 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' deficiency and cash flows for the year then ended included in
Citadel Communications Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed September
14, 1999 and in Citadel Broadcasting Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September 14, 1999, and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Independent Auditors" in this registration statement.


/s/ KPMG LLP


Sacramento, California
December 10, 1999