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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): AUGUST 25, 1999


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                       CAPSTAR BROADCASTING PARTNERS, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                                                          
           DELAWARE                         333-25683                 13-3034720
        (State or other              (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)                                  Identification Number)


      600 CONGRESS AVENUE
          SUITE 1400                                                    78701
         AUSTIN, TEXAS                                                (Zip code)
     (Address of principal
      executive offices)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (512) 340-7800

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.

         In a press release dated September 16, 1999, a copy of which is filed
as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, Capstar Broadcasting Partners, Inc., an indirect
subsidiary of AMFM Inc., announced the completion of its change of control offer
to purchase for cash all of its outstanding 12 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due
2009 and its 12% Senior Exchangeable Preferred Stock due 2009.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)      EXHIBITS.

         99.1     --        Press release, dated September 16, 1999.

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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                           CAPSTAR BROADCASTING PARTNERS, INC.
                           (Registrant)



                           By:/s/ WILLIAM S. BANOWSKY
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                           Name: William S. Banowsky, Jr.
                           Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel


Date:    September 16, 1999



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT
NO.                 DESCRIPTION
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99.1      --        Press release, dated September 16, 1999.



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