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                                            Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
                                            Registration No. 333-36855
 
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 6
(TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 16, 1997)
 
                                5,990,000 SHARES
 
                          CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION
                (FORMERLY KNOWN AS EVERGREEN MEDIA CORPORATION)
 
                 $3.00 CONVERTIBLE EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK
                      LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $50 PER SHARE
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     This Prospectus Supplement No. 6 supplements and amends the Prospectus
dated October 16, 1997 (the "Prospectus"), the Prospectus Supplement, dated
November 20, 1997, the Prospectus Supplement No. 2, dated December 8, 1997, the
Prospectus Supplement No. 3, dated February 13, 1998, the Prospectus Supplement
No. 4, dated April 29, 1998 and the Prospectus Supplement No. 5, dated July 1,
1998, relating to the resale of shares of the $3.00 Convertible Exchangeable
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "$3.00 Convertible Preferred
Stock"), of Chancellor Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation formerly known
as Evergreen Media Corporation ("Chancellor Media"), the 6% Convertible
Subordinated Exchange Debentures due 2012 (the "Exchange Debentures") issuable
upon exchange of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock, and the shares of the
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock" and, together with
the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock and the Exchange Debentures, the
"Securities"), of Chancellor Media issuable upon conversion of the $3.00
Convertible Preferred Stock or the Exchange Debentures.
 
     The table on pages 65 through 67 of the Prospectus, which sets forth
information with respect to the Selling Holders (as defined in the Prospectus)
and the respective shares of $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the $3.00 Convertible Preferred Stock or Exchange
Debentures beneficially owned by each Selling Holder that may be offered
pursuant to the Prospectus (the "Selling Holder Table"), is hereby amended to
have the following line read as follows:
 


                                                                                  SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
                                                                                ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF
                                                                                $3.00 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
                                                   NUMBER OF SHARES OF $3.00         STOCK OR EXCHANGE
                SELLING HOLDERS                   CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK           DEBENTURES
                ---------------                   ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                                                          
Any other holder of $3.00 Convertible Preferred
  Stock or future transferee of such holder.....            333,430                       333,430

 
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     PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE MATTERS DISCUSSED UNDER
THE CAPTION "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 6 OF THE PROSPECTUS.
 
  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
 EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
   AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
                  ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
             REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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        The date of this Prospectus Supplement No. 6 is October 2, 1998
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     The following new line items are added to the Selling Holder Table:
 


                                                                                    SHARES OF
                                                                                  COMMON STOCK
                                                                                  ISSUABLE UPON
                                                                                  CONVERSION OF
                                                                                      $3.00
                                                                 NUMBER OF         CONVERTIBLE
                                                              SHARES OF $3.00    PREFERRED STOCK
                                                                CONVERTIBLE        OR EXCHANGE
                      SELLING HOLDERS                         PREFERRED STOCK      DEBENTURES
                      ---------------                         ---------------    ---------------
                                                                           
Aon Pension Plan............................................       8,000              8,000
CIBC Oppenheimer Corp.......................................       2,500              2,500
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation(6)...................       5,000              5,000
Value Line Convertible Fund, Inc............................      20,000             20,000

 
     The Prospectus, together with this Prospectus Supplement No. 6 and the
other prospectus supplements mentioned above, constitutes the prospectus
required to be delivered by Section 5(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to offers and sales of the Preferred stock and the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock. All references in the
Prospectus to "this Prospectus" are hereby amended to read "this Prospectus (as
supplemented and amended)."