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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5
    
 
              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Chancellor Media Corporation of Los Angeles:
 
We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of Chancellor
Media Corporation of Los Angeles' Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our
report dated September 17, 1998, relating to the financial statements of the
Outdoor Advertising Division of Whiteco Industries, Inc., which are contained in
the Prospectus.
 
We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus.
 
                                                BDO Seidman, LLP
 
Chicago, Illinois
   
April 23, 1999