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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.13
 
                          CONSENT OF LATHAM & WATKINS
 
The Board of Directors
Evergreen Media Corporation
 
     We hereby consent to the use in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Evergreen Media Corporation ("Evergreen") and in the related Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus of Evergreen and Chancellor Broadcasting Company of our
form of opinion related to tax matters, appearing as Exhibit 8.1 to the
Registration Statement, to the description therein of such form of opinion, and
to the references therein to us under the headings "The Merger -- Certain
Federal Income Tax Consequences."
 
                                            LATHAM & WATKINS
 
Washington, D.C.
July 31, 1997
