EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.:

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement on Form S-8 of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. filed on November
13, 2000 (Reg. No. 333-49704) of our report dated May 23, 2002, relating to the
statements of net assets as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, the statement of
changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31,
2001 and the supplemental schedule of assets held for investment purposes as of
December 31, 2001, of the Universal Outdoor, Inc. Salary Reduction Profit
Sharing Plan, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Universal
Outdoor, Inc. Salary Reduction Profit Sharing Plan dated June 27, 2002.

/s/ THE HANKE GROUP, P.C.

San Antonio, Texas
June 26, 2002