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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (Date Of Earliest Event Reported): DECEMBER 2, 2005

                       CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            TEXAS                        1-9645                 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                     Identification No.)

           200 EAST BASSE ROAD                       78209
           SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS                      (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (210) 822-2828

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ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS.

         A copy of the press release relating to our announcement of the record
date and expected distribution date for the spin-off of our wholly-owned
subsidiary CCE Spinco, Inc. is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as
Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits.

         99.1  Press release dated December 2, 2005.




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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:    December 2, 2005

                                  CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                  By:         /s/ Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
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                                     Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
                                     Sr. Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer


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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

(c) Exhibits.

         99.1  Press release dated December 2, 2005.