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                                                                  Exhibit 23.7


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

To 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 12, 1999
(except for Note 13 as to which the date is March 19, 1999) on the consolidated
balance sheets of Citywide Communications, Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and the
related consolidated statements of operations and accumulated deficit,
stockholders' deficit and cash flows for the year then ended included in Citadel
Communications Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 10, 1999
and in Citadel Broadcasting Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December
10, 1999, and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Independent
Auditors" in the registration statement.


                                                   /s/ Faulk & Winkler LLC

                                                   Certified Public Accountants

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 10, 1999