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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                     [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP]


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
Evergreen Media Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form
S-3 (No. 33-93874) and Form S-8 (No. 33-83124) of Evergreen Media Corporation of
our report dated January 31, 1997, except for note 2(c), which is as of February
19, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Evergreen Media
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows and
related schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 1996, which report appears in the December 31, 1996 Annual Report on Form
10-K of Evergreen Media Corporation.


                                                       /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Dallas, Texas 
March 26, 1997

