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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Crestview Advisors, L.L.C.
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CUMULUS MEDIA INC [CMLS] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
667 MADISON AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/14/2016
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10065		 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
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 05/14/2016   J(1)   40,486 A $ 0 126,634 D  
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 05/14/2016   J(2)   40,486 A $ 0 167,120 D  
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share               0 I See Footnotes (3) (4)

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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 V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Crestview Advisors, L.L.C.
667 MADISON AVENUE
10TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10065		   X   X    

Signatures

 /s/ Ross A. Oliver, General Counsel   05/16/2016
**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) On May 14, 2015, the issuer awarded 40,486 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock ("Common Stock") to Jeffrey A. Marcus, which fully vested on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Mr. Marcus is a partner of Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. and, in connection with the vesting of such shares on May 14, 2016, Mr. Marcus assigned all of his rights, title and interest in such shares to the reporting person.
(2) On May 14, 2015, the issuer awarded 40,486 restricted shares of Common Stock to Brian P. Cassidy, which fully vested on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Mr. Cassidy is a partner of Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. and, in connection with the vesting of such shares on May 14, 2016, Mr. Cassidy assigned all of his rights, title and interest in such shares to the reporting person.
(3) Crestview Radio Investors, LLC directly beneficially owns 64,981,785 shares of Common Stock and 7,815,553 warrants. Each of Crestview Partners II, L.P., Crestview Partners II (TE), L.P., Crestview Partners II (FF), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (Cayman), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (FF Cayman), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (892 Cayman), L.P. and Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 64,981,785 shares of Common Stock and 7,815,553 warrants directly owned by Crestview Radio Investors, LLC.
(4) Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. is the general partner of Crestview Partners II, L.P., Crestview Partners II (FF), L.P., Crestview Partners II (TE), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (Cayman), L.P., Crestview Offshore Holdings II (FF Cayman), L.P. and Crestview Offshore Holdings II (892 Cayman), L.P., each of which is a member of Crestview Radio Investors, LLC. The reporting person provides investment advisory and management services to certain of the foregoing entities. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all of the foregoing securities.

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