EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
Cumulus Media Inc.:

         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated
February 15, 2002, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Cumulus
Media Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
the years then ended, and the related financial statement schedule, which report
appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of Cumulus Media
Inc.



                                       /s/ KPMG LLP


Chicago, Illinois
August 1, 2002