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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Citadel Communications Corporation
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement filed on
Form S-8 of Citadel Communications Corporation of our report dated February 29,
2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Citadel Communications
Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report
appears in the Form 10-K of Citadel Communications Corporation dated March 30,
2000.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
November 30, 2000
