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                                                                   Exhibit 23.10


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


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 December 6, 1999 on
the combined balance sheet of Liggett Broadcast, Inc. as of December 31, 1998
and the related combined statements of operations, shareholder's equity 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 this
registration statement.


                                       /s/ Andrews Hooper & Pavlik P.L.C.


Okemos, Michigan
December 10, 1999