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Exhibit 23 (a)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Pegasus Communications
Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated February 11, 2000, relating to the
financial statements and financial statement schedules, which appears in Pegasus
Communications Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 2, 2000
