EXHIBIT 23.3
                          CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-8) of Cumulus Media Inc.
of our report dated February 1, 2002, with respect to the financial statements
of Aurora Communications, LLC, which report is included in the Cumulus Media
Inc. Definitive Proxy Statement (as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2002).

                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York
August 1, 2002