EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Annual Report of Regent Communications, Inc. (the
"Registrant") on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Anthony A. Vasconcellos, Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

        (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.

                                                /s/ Anthony A. Vasconcellos
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                                                Anthony A. Vasconcellos
                                                Chief Financial Officer

March 27, 2003