REGENT COMMUNICATIONS INC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

             INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
            TO RULE 13D-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
                                  RULE 13D-2(a)
                              (Amendment No. 1)(1)

                           REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

              SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   758865 20 8
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                                       Copy to:

William H. Ingram                                      Paul A. Gajer
Waller-Sutton Media Partners, L.P.                     RubinBaum LLP
c/o Waller-Sutton Management Group, Inc.               30 Rockefeller Plaza
1 Rockefeller Plaza                                    29th Floor
New York, New York 10020                               New York, New York 10112
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                 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                January 28, 2000
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             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
[ ].

NOTE:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of this  schedule,  including all  exhibits.  See Rule 13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.

(1) The  remainder  of this  cover  page  shall be  filled  out for a  reporting
person's  initial  filing on this  form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).

                        (Continued on following page(s))

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CUSIP No. 758865 20 8                   13D                    Page 2 of 7 Pages
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 1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

                       Waller-Sutton Media Partners, L.P.

         I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
                                    13-3955719
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 2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

                                                                     (a)  [ ]
                                                                     (b)  [ ]
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 3       SEC USE ONLY
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 4       SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                                 N/A
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 5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)                                    [ ]
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 6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                        Delaware
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                  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
      Number of             0 shares                                      0%
       Shares     --------------------------------------------------------------
    Beneficially  8   SHARED VOTING POWER
      Owned By              0 shares                                      0%
        Each      --------------------------------------------------------------
      Reporting   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
       Person               0 shares                                      0%
        With      --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                            0 shares                                      0%
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11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
         PERSON
                                                            0 shares
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12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*                                                  [X]
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13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                                                                          0%
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14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                                       PN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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CUSIP No. 758865 20 8                  13D                     Page 3 of 7 Pages
================================================================================
 1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

                          Waller-Sutton Media, L.L.C.

         I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
                                   22-3528778
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 2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                       (a) [ ]
                                                                       (b) [ ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3       SEC USE ONLY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4       SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                                       N/A
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 5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)                                     [ ]
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 6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                        Delaware
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                  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
      Number of             0 shares                                      0%
       Shares     --------------------------------------------------------------
    Beneficially  8   SHARED VOTING POWER
      Owned By              0 shares                                      0%
        Each      --------------------------------------------------------------
      Reporting   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
       Person               0 shares                                      0%
        With      --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                            0 shares                                      0%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
         PERSON
                                        0 shares
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*                                                  [ ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                                                                          0%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                                       OO
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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      This Final Amendment,  dated March 13, 2000, amends the Schedule 13D filed
on June 15,  1998  (together,  the  "Schedule")  and  relates to the  beneficial
ownership of Waller-Sutton Media Partners,  L.P.  ("Waller-Sutton") and its sole
general partner,  Waller-Sutton  Media, L.L.C.  ("Waller-LLC"),  of the Series C
Convertible   Preferred   Stock   ("Series   C   Preferred   Stock")  of  Regent
Communications, Inc. (the "Issuer").


ITEM 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

      (e) On January 28,  2000,  the Issuer  completed a public  offering of its
common  stock par value $.01 per share  ("Common  Stock")  with  gross  proceeds
totaling  $156,400,000  (the  "Offering").  Pursuant  to the  terms of the Third
Amended and Restated  Stockholders'  Agreement of the Issuer, dated December 13,
1999  (the  "Stockholders   Agreement")  and  the  relevant  provisions  of  the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Issuer,  upon  consummation of the Offering,
each outstanding share of the Series C preferred stock, as well as each share of
Series D, F, G, H and K preferred  stock, was converted into one share of Common
Stock (the "Conversion").


ITEM 5.  Interests in Securities of the Issuer.

      (a) After the Conversion,  Waller-Sutton  and Waller-LLC are no longer the
holders  of record  and can not be  deemed to  "beneficially  own,"  within  the
meaning of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, any shares of the Series C
Preferred Stock of the Issuer.  Waller-Sutton  and Waller-LLC  beneficially  own
3,141,554  shares of Common  Stock,  which  consist of (i)  2,491,554  shares of
Common  Stock  (400,640  shares  issued  upon  the  conversion  of its  Series C
Preferred  Stock,  2,000,005  shares issued upon the  conversion of the Series F
Preferred  Stock  held by  Waller-Sutton  and  90,909  shares  issued  upon  the
conversion  of the  Series H  Preferred  Stock held by  Waller-Sutton)  and (ii)
650,000  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon the  exercise of a warrant (the
"Warrant") issued to Waller-Sutton  under a purchase  agreement,  dated June 15,
1998.

      William H.  Ingram,  a member and  Chairman  of  Waller-LLC  and a limited
partner of Waller-Sutton,  serves as a Director on the Board of Directors of the
Issuer and  beneficially  owns  100,000  shares of Common Stock and a warrant to
purchase  10,000  shares of Common  Stock.  Waller-Sutton  disclaims  beneficial
ownership of such shares of Common  Stock.  In addition,  Mr.  Ingram  disclaims
beneficial  ownership  of all the shares of the  Issuer's  Common Stock owned by
Waller-Sutton.  Richard  H.  Patterson,  a member  of  Waller-LLC  and a limited
partner of Waller-Sutton,  also serves  as a Director  on the Board of Directors
of the  Issuer  and  disclaims  beneficial  ownership  of all the  shares of the
Issuer's Common Stock owned by Waller-Sutton.

      (b)  After  the  Conversion,   Waller-Sutton   and  Waller-LLC  no  longer
beneficially own any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock.  Waller-Sutton  has
the  sole  power to vote all  2,491,554  shares  of  Common  Stock  and upon the
exercise of the  Warrant,  Waller-Sutton  would also have the sole power to vote
all 650,000 additional shares of Common Stock.

      (c) The terms of the Stockholders Agreement and the relevant provisions of
the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of the Issuer,  provide  that each share of
Series C  preferred  stock,  as well as each  share of  Series  D, F, G, H and K
preferred  stock,  would be converted  into one share of Common Stock,  upon the
closing of a public offering of Common Stock with gross proceeds to the


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Issuer of at least $50,000,000, a per share price of at least $6.50 and provided
that the public  offering  occurred prior to June 15, 2000. On January 28, 2000,
the Issuer  completed  the  Offering  which had gross  proceeds  to the  Issuer,
totaling  $156,400,000  and  a  per  share  price  of  $8.50.  Pursuant  to  the
Stockholders  Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation  of the Issuer,  on
January 28, 2000,  upon the closing of the Offering,  each share of the Series C
Preferred Stock was converted into one share of Common Stock.

      Additionally, upon completion of the Offering and pursuant to the terms of
the Stockholders  Agreement,  a five member executive  committee (the "Executive
Committee")  was  created as part of the Board of  Directors  of the Issuer (the
"Board").  Pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders  Agreement,  Mr. Ingram and
Mr.  Patterson  were made  members of the  Executive  Committee  as designees of
Waller-Sutton.  The  Executive  Committee  has the  power  to  review  and  make
recommendations  to the Board  regarding  the  advisability  of  taking  certain
actions.  In the event that the Executive  Committee  recommends  that the Board
approve any such  action,  the Board may approve or reject such action by a vote
of the majority of the voting  directors.  In the event the Executive  Committee
votes not to recommend any such action or fails to provide a recommendation, the
Board may only  approve  such action with the  affirmative  vote of no less than
two-thirds  of the total number of directors of the Board.  The existence of the
Executive  Committee shall terminate on the earlier of the third  anniversary of
its creation or on the affirmative  vote of three-fourths of the total number of
directors of the Board.

      (d) not applicable

      (e)  After  the  Conversion,   Waller-Sutton   and  Waller-LLC  no  longer
beneficially  own any shares of the Series C Preferred  Stock.  Thus, on January
28, 2000, the Reporting  Person ceased to be the  beneficial  owner of more than
five  percent  of the shares of Series C  Preferred  Stock of the  Issuer.  This
constitutes the final Amendment to the Reporting Person's Schedule regarding the
Series C Preferred Stock of the Issuer.

ITEM 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

         Exhibit #  Description of Exhibit

         6          Third Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement of Regent
                    Communications, Inc., dated December 13, 1999.


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                                    Signature

      After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,  the
undersigned  hereby certifies that the information set forth in this Schedule is
true, complete, and correct.

Date: March 13, 2000               WALLER-SUTTON MEDIA PARTNERS, L.P.

                                   By: Waller-Sutton Media, L.L.C., its general
                                   partner

                                   By:  /s/  Cathy M. Brienza
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                                        Name: Cathy M. Brienza
                                        Title: Vice President

ATTENTION:  INTENTIONAL  MISSTATEMENTS  OR OMISSIONS OF FACT CONSTITUTE  FEDERAL
CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).


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                                    Signature

                  After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief,  the undersigned hereby certifies that the information set forth in this
Schedule is true, complete, and correct.

Date:  March 13, 2000                       WALLER-SUTTON MEDIA, L.L.C.

                                            By: /s/ Cathy M. Brienza
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                Name: Cathy M. Brienza
                                                Title: Vice President

ATTENTION:  INTENTIONAL  MISSTATEMENTS  OR OMISSIONS OF FACT CONSTITUTE  FEDERAL
CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).


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