FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *   Oliver Ross A. 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/21/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CUMULUS MEDIA INC [CMLS] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CRESTVIEW ADVISORS, L.L.C., 667 MADISON AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10065 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 0 I See Footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock	  (1)(2)(3)	  (1)(2)(3)	Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	0	$ (1) (2) (3)	I	See Footnotes (1) (2) (3)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Oliver Ross A. C/O CRESTVIEW ADVISORS, L.L.C. 667 MADISON AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10065	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Ross A. Oliver		03/24/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	The reporting person is a member of the Issuer's board of directors and a limited partner of Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. and an officer of Crestview Advisors, L.L.C and Crestview, L.L.C.
(2)	Crestview L.L.C. is the general partner of Crestview Partners II GP, L.P., which serves as the general partner of 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. and Crestview Offshore Holdings II (892 Cayman), L.P., each of which is a member of Crestview Radio Investors, LLC. Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. provides investment advisory and management services to certain of the foregoing entities.
(3)	As previously reported, (i) Crestview Radio Investors, LLC directly holds shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer and warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock of the Issuer and (ii) Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. directly holds shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such previously reported securities.

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