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 14, 2003, relating to the
statements of net assets as of December 30, 2002 and as of December 31, 2001 and
the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the period
ended December 30, 2002, 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 26, 2003.




/s/ THE HANKE GROUP, P.C.

San Antonio, Texas
June 26, 2003