Rule 424(b)(3) and (c)
                                             Registration File No.: 333-06793

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                          PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 6
                            dated January 27, 1997
                      (To Prospectus dated July 18, 1996)
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                            SFX BROADCASTING, INC.



     This Prospectus Supplement supplements the Prospectus dated July 18, 1996
(the "Prospectus") by SFX Broadcasting, Inc. ("SFX") relating to the resale by
certain securityholders of SFX of certain shares of Series D Cumulative
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the "Series D Preferred Stock") of 
SFX, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus.


     This Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction with the
Prospectus, and this Prospectus Supplement is qualified by reference to the
Prospectus except to the extent that the information herein contained
supersedes the information contained in the Prospectus.





           The date of this Prospectus Supplement is January 27, 1997






     This Prospecus Supplement No. 6 dated January 27, 1997 hereby further
amends the Prospectus dated July 18, 1996, Prospectus Supplement No. 1 dated
October 1, 1996, Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated October 18, 1996, Prospectus
Supplement No. 3 dated November 7, 1996, Prospectus Supplement No. 4 dated
November 22, 1996 and Prospectus Supplement No. 5 dated December 17, 1996 as
follows:

     The section of the Prospectus entitled "Selling Securityholders" is hereby
amended by adding the following table:



                             BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                          BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
                              ON THE DATE HEREOF                                AFTER SALE*
                          --------------------------       NUMBER OF      -----------------------
                          NUMBER OF       PERCENT OF      SHARES TO       NUMBER OF       PERCENT
    NAME                   SHARES           CLASS         BE OFFERED        SHARES         CLASS
    ----                  ---------       ----------      ----------      ----------      ------- 
                                                                          
Smith Barney, Inc.          25,000            **             25,000            0              **


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*  Assumes the sale of all shares of the Series D Preferred Stock being offered
   by the Registration Statement of which the Prospectus is a part.

** Less than 1%.


     The Series D Preferred Stock is exchangeable for Exchange Notes and
convertible into SFX Class A Common Stock as described in the Prospectus. The
foregoing chart assumes no such conversion or exchange.

     No other change or amendment is made hereby.