EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
One Emmis Plaza
40 Monument Circle, 7th Floor
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 266-0100
March 12, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Request for Withdrawal
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-68439
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Emmis Communications Corporation hereby applies to withdraw its registration
statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-68439, together with any exhibits
thereto, pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
This registration statement relates to the resale of shares of Emmis Class A
Common Stock pledged to a third party to secure an obligation. Emmis has
paid that obligation, the pledge securing the obligation has been released,
and the third party whose resale was to be registered on the registration
statement no longer has any right to obtain title to or resell the shares.
Accordingly, there is no longer any reason for the registration statement.
Withdrawal of the registration statement is not inconsistent with the public
interest and the protection of investors.
Please forward a copy of the Order Withdrawing the Registration Statement to
the undersigned at the address listed above. Should you have any questions
concerning this application, please contact Alan W. Becker, outside counsel
to Emmis Communications Corporation, at (317) 684-5131.
Sincerely,
/s/ J. Scott Enright
J. Scott Enright
Vice President and Associate
General Counsel
cc: Alan W. Becker
Bose McKinney & Evans.
