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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.8
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Chancellor Media Corporation of Los
Angeles of our report dated February 14, 1996 relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Trefoil Communications, Inc., which appears in such
Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts"
in such Prospectus.
 
Price Waterhouse LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
   
October 16, 1997