Exhibit 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No.  33-46953)  pertaining to the Lynch  Corporation 401 (k) Savings Plan of
our report  dated  March 26,  1999 with  respect to the  consolidated  financial
statements  and  schedules of Lynch  Corporation  included in this Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended  December 31, 1998 filed with the  Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                                         /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Stamford, Connecticut
March 26, 1999




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                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS






To the Partners
Coronet Communications Company
Bronxville, New York

We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference in the  previously  filed
Registration  Statement on Form S-8  (Registration  No. 33-46953) of our report,
dated  January 24, 1997,  except for Note 4, which is as of January 31, 1997, on
the financial statements of Coronet Communications Company which appears in this
annual report on Form 10-K of Lynch Corporation and  subsidiaries,  for the year
ended December 31, 1998.

McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP



New York, New York
March 26, 1999




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                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS





To the Board of Directors
Capital Communications Company, Inc.
Bronxville, New York

We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference in the  previously  filed
Registration  Statement on Form S-8  (Registration  No. 33-46953) of our report,
dated January 29, 1997, on the  financial  statements of Capital  Communications
Company,  Inc.  which  appears  in this  annual  report  on Form  10-K of  Lynch
Corporation and subsidiaries,  for the year ended December 31, 1998. 


McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP



New York, New York
March 26, 1999



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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



We consent to the  incorporation by reference in Registration  Statement No. 33-
46953 of Lynch  Corporation  on Form S-8 of our report  dated  February 21, 1997
relating to the financial  statements of Central Products Company (not presented
separately  herein),  appearing  in this  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K of Lynch
Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1998.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
March 26, 1999



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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



March 26, 1999

To the Board of Directors
Dunkirk & Fredonia Telephone Company
Fredonia, New York 14063

We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by reference in the  previously  filed
Registration  Statement on Form S-8  (Registration  No. 33-46953) of our report,
dated  January  31,  1997 on the  financial  statements  of  Dunkirk &  Fredonia
Telephone  Company  which  appears in this  annual  report on Form 10-K of Lynch
Corporation and subsidiaries, for the year ended December 31, 1998.

JOHNSON, MACKOWIAK, MOORE & MYOTT, LLP



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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS




To the Board of Managers
CLR Video, L.L.C.
Wetmore, Kansas


         We hereby consent to the  incorporation  by reference in the previously
filed  Registration  Statement on Form S-8  (Registration  No.  33-46953) or our
report, dated January 27, 1997, on the financial statements of CLR Video, L.L.C.
which  appears  in this  annual  report  on Form 10-K of Lynch  Corporation  and
subsidiaries, for the year ended December 31, 1998.





Frederick & Warinner, L.L.C.


Lenexa, Kansas
March 26, 1999