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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration File No.: 333-06793
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 9
dated May 16, 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 May 16, 1997
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This Prospectus Supplement No. 9 dated May 16, 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, Prospectus Supplement No. 5 dated December 17, 1996,
Prospectus Supplement No. 6 dated January 27, 1997, Prospectus Supplement No.
7 dated March 20, 1997, and Prospectus Supplement No. 8 dated May 7, 1997 as
follows:
The section of the Prospectus entitled "Selling Securityholders" is hereby
amended by adding the following table:
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
ON THE DATE HEREOF AFTER SALE*
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NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF PERCENT OF SHARES TO NUMBER OF PERCENT OF
NAME SHARES CLASS BE OFFERED SHARES CLASS
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GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. 27,500 ** 27,500 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 this 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.
