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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.9
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Chancellor Media
Corporation of our report dated February 14, 1996 relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Trefoil Communications, Inc., which appears on page F-41
of the 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Chancellor Broadcasting Company. We
also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
Statement Schedule, which appears on page S-10 of such Annual Report on Form
10-K. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
 
Price Waterhouse LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
January 16, 1998