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                                                                 Exhibit 23.11


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Citadel Communications Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the 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 February 12, 1999
on the balance sheet of Caribou Communications Co. as of December 31, 1998 and
1997, and the related statements of operations, changes in partners' equity, and
cash flows for the years 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/ Cole & Reed, P.C.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 10, 1999