Edgar Filing: Stratford Patricia

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Stratford Patricia

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP [CDELA]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
SVP Finance & Administration

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION, 7690 W. CHEYENNE AVE., SUITE 220

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/26/2011

(Street)

LAS VEGAS, NV 89129

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock ?? Class A	05/26/2011		A		13,000 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	A	$ 0	13,000	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Stratford Patricia C/O CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION 7690 W. CHEYENNE AVE., SUITE 220 LAS VEGAS, NV 89129			SVP Finance & Administration

Signatures

/s/ Patricia Stratford		05/27/2011
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	As previously disclosed in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2011, on March 10, 2011, the Issuer, Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Cumulus"), Cadet Holding Corporation, a Delaware Corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Cumulus ("HoldCo"), and Cadet Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of HoldCo ("Merger Sub"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, pursuant to which subject to the satisfaction of conditions therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Issuer (the "Merger"), with the Issuer surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cumulus.
(2)	The reporting person received a grant of restricted shares of common stock of Issuer which vests in full on May 26, 2013; provided, that, if the Merger is consummated before May 26, 2013, half of the unvested restricted shares of common stock will vest upon the consummation of the Merger and the remaining half of the unvested restricted shares of common stock will vest on the date that is six months following the date of the Merger, in each case subject to the reporting person's continued employment on the applicable vesting date.

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