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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below, hereby constitutes and appoints Norman H. Gurwitz and J. Scott Enright,
or either of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock (the "Securities") of Emmis Communications Corporation (the
"Company") offered pursuant to certain of the Company's employee benefit plans
and any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in
connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Dated: July 27, 2000 /s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan
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Jeffrey H. Smulyan
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Norman H. Gurwitz,
and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities,
to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock (the "Securities") of Emmis Communications Corporation (the
"Company") offered pursuant to certain of the Company's employee benefit plans
and any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in
connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of such attorneys- in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Dated: July 27, 2000 /s/ Frank V. Sica
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Frank V. Sica
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Norman H. Gurwitz,
and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities,
to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock (the "Securities") of Emmis Communications Corporation (the
"Company") offered pursuant to certain of the Company's employee benefit plans
and any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in
connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of such attorneys- in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Dated: July 27, 2000 /s/ Lawrence B. Sorrel
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Lawrence B. Sorrel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Norman H. Gurwitz,
and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities,
to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock (the "Securities") of Emmis Communications Corporation (the
"Company") offered pursuant to certain of the Company's employee benefit plans
and any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in
connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of such attorneys- in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Dated: July 27, 2000 /s/ Richard A. Leventhal
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Richard A. Leventhal
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Norman H. Gurwitz,
and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities,
to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock (the "Securities") of Emmis Communications Corporation (the
"Company") offered pursuant to certain of the Company's employee benefit plans
and any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in
connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of such attorneys- in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Dated: July 31, 2000 /s/ Gary L. Kaseff
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Gary L. Kaseff
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Norman H. Gurwitz,
and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities,
to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock (the "Securities") of Emmis Communications Corporation (the
"Company") offered pursuant to certain of the Company's employee benefit plans
and any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in
connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of such attorneys- in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Dated: July 28, 2000 /s/ Greg A. Nathanson
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Greg A. Nathanson
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Norman H. Gurwitz,
and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities,
to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration of certain shares of Class A
Common Stock (the "Securities") of Emmis Communications Corporation (the
"Company") offered pursuant to certain of the Company's employee benefit plans
and any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in
connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
of such attorneys- in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereto.
Dated: July 27, 2000 /s/ Walter Z. Berger
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Walter Z. Berger
