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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.9
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Chancellor Media
Corporation of our report dated February 14, 1996 relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Trefoil Communications, Inc., which appears on page 41
of the 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Chancellor Broadcasting Company. We
also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
Statement Schedule, which appears on page S-10 of such Annual Report on Form
10-K. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
 
Price Waterhouse LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
   
October 16, 1997
    
