As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2003


                                                      Registration No. 333-68487
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                               CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


               DELAWARE                               36-4159663
       (State of Incorporation)         (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

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              CUMULUS MEDIA INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

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       LEWIS W. DICKEY, JR., CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
                   3535 PIEDMONT ROAD, BUILDING 14, 14TH FLOOR
                                ATLANTA, GA 30305
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
                                 (404) 949-0700
          (Telephone Number, including area code, of Agent for Service)
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                                    Copy to:

                              MARK L. HANSON, ESQ.
                                    JONES DAY
                               3500 SUNTRUST PLAZA
                              303 PEACHTREE STREET
                             ATLANTA, GA 30308-3242
                                 (404) 521-3939
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



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    Title of securities            Amount to           Proposed maximum          Proposed maximum         Amount of
      to be registered           be registered     offering price per share  aggregate offering price  registration fee
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   Class A Common Stock,
       $.01 par value              1,000,000                 (1)                       (1)                   (1)
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   Class A Common Stock,
       $.01 par value              1,000,000           $16.64(2)            $16,640,000(2)             $1,346(3)
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(1)      The registration fee for these shares was paid upon the filing of the
         original  registration  statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-68487).
         Therefore, no further registration fee is required for these shares.




(2)      Estimated solely for purposes of computing the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
         "Securities Act"), based upon the average of the reported high and low
         sales prices of the Class A Common Stock of the company on the NASDAQ
         National Market ("NASDAQ") on April 8, 2003.



(3)      The registration fee for the 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock
         registered hereby, $1,346, is calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under
         the Securities Act as follows: .00008090 multiplied by the product of
         $16.64, the average of the reported high and low sales prices of the
         Class A Common Stock on NASDAQ on April 8, 2003 (a date within 5
         business days prior to this filing), multiplied by 1,000,000, the
         number of shares to be registered.





                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

         We are filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-68487) to register 1,000,000 additional
shares of our Class A Common Stock to be reserved for issuance under our 1998
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. The contents of the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-68487), as previously amended, are
incorporated by reference into this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         4.1      Cumulus Media Inc. 1999 Executive Stock Incentive Plan
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the registrant's
                  registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-68487)).

         4.2      Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, including
                  Certificates of Designations for the 13-3/4% Series A
                  Cumulative Exchangeable Redeemable Preferred Stock due 2009
                  and the 12% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (incorporated
                  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the registrant's current report
                  on Form 8-K, filed August 2, 2002)

         4.3      Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated by reference to
                  Exhibit 3.2 of the registrant's current report on Form 8-K,
                  filed August 2, 2002)

         5.1      Opinion of Jones Day regarding legality of the common stock
                  being registered.

         23.1     Consent of  KPMG LLP.

         23.2     Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).

         24.1     Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24.1
                  of the registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
                  Registration Statement on form S-8 (File No. 333-68487)).








                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on April 15, 2003.


                                            CUMULUS MEDIA INC.





                                            By:    /s/ LEWIS W. DICKEY, JR.
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                                                 Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
                                                 Chairman, President and
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.




                          SIGNATURE                                          TITLE                    DATE
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                   /s/ LEWIS W. DICKEY, JR.                      Chairman, President, Chief       April 15, 2003
---------------------------------------------------------------  Executive Officer and
                     Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.                        Director (Principal Executive
                                                                 Officer)



                    /s/ MARTIN R. GAUSVIK                        Executive Vice President and     April 15, 2003
---------------------------------------------------------------  Chief Financial Officer
                      Martin R. Gausvik                          (Principal Financial and
                                                                 Accounting Officer)


                              *                                  Director
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                       Ralph B. Everett


                              *                                  Director
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                    Holcombe T. Green, Jr.


                              *                                  Director
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                       Eric P. Robison


                              *                                  Director
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                   Robert H. Sheridan, III


*By:  /s/ MARTIN R. GAUSVIK                                                                       April 15, 2003
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        Martin R. Gausvik,
        As Attorney-in-Fact



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits

4.1      Cumulus Media Inc. 1999 Executive Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
         reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the registrant's registration statement on
         Form S-8 (File No. 333-68487)).

4.2      Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, including
         Certificates of Designations for the 13-3/4% Series A Cumulative
         Exchangeable Redeemable Preferred Stock due 2009 and the 12% Series B
         Cumulative Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of
         the registrant's current report on Form 8-K, filed August 2, 2002)

4.3      Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
         of the registrant's current report on Form 8-K, filed August 2, 2002)

5.1      Opinion of Jones Day regarding legality of the common stock being
         registered.

23.1     Consent of  KPMG LLP.

23.2     Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1     Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24.1 of the
         registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
         on form S-8 (File No. 333-68487)).