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:         November 14, 2003

                       CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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

      200 East Basse Road, San Antonio, Texas                        78209
     (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)

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



ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.

         Attached are the Underwriting Agreement and the Opinion of Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP with respect to the offer and sale by Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. ("the Company"), of $250,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount of the Company's 3.125% Senior Notes due 2007 under the Company's Shelf
Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended, registration number 333-76942.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      (c) Exhibits

             99.1 Underwriting Agreement dated November 5, 2003.

             99.2 Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

             99.3 Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 14,
                  2003, to Senior Indenture dated October 1, 1997, by and
                  between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New
                  York, as Trustee.

                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Date: November 14, 2003         By: /s/ HERBERT W. HILL JR.
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
                                    Sr. Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1     Underwriting Agreement dated November 5, 2003.

99.2     Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

99.3     Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 14, 2003, to
         Senior Indenture dated October 1, 1997, by and between Clear Channel
         Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee.