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Monday, December 19, 2011

Former Emmis executive Harry Clark to New York Public Radio

WNYC Clark will not have to change his travel habits for his new job as GM, Corporate Underwriting and Integrated Media Sponsorships at New York Public Radio. The studios of the non-commercial outlet are just a few blocks away from his former post, as Director of Strategy for Emmis Communications in lower Manhattan. Read More

Friday, December 2, 2011

Ed Lover makes a 1-day return to New York's "Hot 97"

WQHT It has been 13 years since Ed Lover was one half of the legendary Dre & Lover morning show on urban WQHT-FM (97.1) in New York City. For one day on Friday, Lover made his return to his former home to host a special midday show to promote the return of "Yo! Read More

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Indianapolis news/talk WIBC creates a TV partnership for news & weather

The plan is for Emmis Communications-owned news WIBC-FM (93.1) in Indianapolis to partner with WRTV-TV, and both the radio and TV news station will share news and weather. Emmis VP/Market Manager Charlie Morgan says, “This partnership will allow us to provide Indianapolis viewers and listeners with the latest information wherever they are, whether … Read More

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Joe Siegelbaum resigns from the Emmis Board of Directors

Emmis In an SEC filing from yesterday, attorney Joe Siegelbaum tendered his resignation from the board of Emmis Communications. Emmis says "the resignation was not due to any disagreement with Emmis on any matter relating to Emmis' operations, policies or practices." Siegelbaum's departure comes as Emmis begins a buyback of some of its 6.25% preferred no… Read More

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Emmis extends the contract of EVP/CFO/COO Patrick Walsh

Emmis The contract for Emmis EVP/CFO/COO Patrick Walsh has been extended through September 3, 2013, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The terms of the deal include an annual base salary of $600,000, and the annual incentive compensation targets for 2012, 2013 and 2014 will remain 100% of his base compensation. Read More

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Emmis officers receive bonuses following the Merlin Media sale

money At the end of September, bonuses were paid to founder and chairman Jeffrey Smulyan, EVP/CFO/COO Patrick Walsh and president of radio programming Rick Cummings. These were in addition to bonuses and salaries paid to them for the 2011 calendar year. Read More

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Emmis creates a new social marketing company named "Incite"

Incite Emmis Communications has been growing an internal unit with clients such as the New York City and Los Angeles County Departments of Health, State Farm Insurance and Purina. Now that internal unit becomes a standalone. Read More

Monday, September 5, 2011

On the heels of closing the Emmis-Merlin deal, Emmis faces de-listing

Emmis Just as the ink from the deal which had Emmis Communications sell Chicago's WLUP-FM (97.9), WKXQ-FM (101.1) and New York City's WRXP-FM (101.9) to Merlin Media closed, the Nasdaq Exchange notified Emmis that they face potential de-listing with their stock price still under $1. Emmis received $120 million for the three stations, but keeps a minority… Read More

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Radio stocks hit hard on Wall Street for the 2nd time in three days

Wall Street The wild roller coaster ride is making for a dizzying time for radio stocks. For the second time in three trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 500 points, closing down 519 points on Wednesday. Read More

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Emmis New York cluster OM Brian D'Aurelio is leaving

Emmis D'Aurelio is one of the biggest names at Emmis in New York City to announce he will be leaving, following the move by Emmis to sell alternative modern rock WRXP-FM (101.9) to Merlin Media. D'Aurelio was the evening host on WRXP, and was also the Operations Manager for WRXP, urban WRKS-FM (98.7) "Kiss-FM" and Hip-Hop WQHT-FM (97.1). Read More

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Making Moves: Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Making Moves Chaos is heading back to Columbus, Georgia, as former Clear Channel WVRK-FM (102.9) PD/DJ Chris Chaos is moving across town to PMB Broadcasting's WRCG-FM (106.9) as PD. The new rock WRCG will debut on July 4 ... Read More

Monday, June 27, 2011

Walter Sabo announced as COO of Randy Michaels-led Merlin Media

Walter Sabo Michaels says "Walter has unparalleled experience and a true passion for this industry, making him a perfect fit to lead Merlin Media's operations. He has founded two businesses of his own in Sabo Media and Hitviews, and that core competency will be hugely valuable to us." The Sabo Media consultancy was begun in 1984 and has worked with Group W, RK… Read More

Thursday, June 9, 2011

St. Louis all-sports "101 ESPN" WXOS names Kent Sterling as PD

WXOS Kent Sterling has spent two decades in Indianapolis, and is the former PD of sports WFNI-AM (1070) "The Fan" & Emmis-owned WIBC-FM (93.1). Sterling, who now operates a website about sports called KentSterling.com, is moving to St. Read More

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Making Moves: Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Making Moves Vicky James takes over as APD/midday host for Cox-owned Urban AC WJMZ-FM (107-3) in Greenville, South Carolina. James replaces Kelly Mac, who previously left for a job in Philadelphia ... Read More

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Emmis receives an 8-year license extension in Slovakia

Emmis Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications was granted an eight-year extension to operate Radio Expres, based in Bratislava. The station, which plays a mix of pop music with news and information, started broadcasting on December 31, 1999, and Emmis acquired the right to operate Radio Expres in 2005. Read More

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

NYC's "Hot 97" DJ Mr. Cee caught with his pants down

WQHT Unfortunately for Emmis Communications-owned WQHT-FM (97.1) DJ Mr. Cee, that's also how the police report will describe it. Read More

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Emmis amends its credit agreement

Emmis Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications, whose stock remains pennies above the $1 line, announced it is amending its credit agreement following approval from lenders. Facing $183 million worth of debt which was to be repaid this year, Emmis will now move the maturity date of that debt to November 2014, while raising the minimum yield to 12.25%. Read More

Monday, March 21, 2011

Concerns over de-listing of Emmis stock put aside – for now

Emmis Shares of Emmis Communications (EMMS) have had their ups and downs. Emmis stock surged over 50% in two days between January 11-13, breaking it out from below the $1 that is so important to the NASDAQ. Read More

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Emmis signs a multi-year deal with Metro Traffic in Indianapolis

Emmis Westwood One's Metro Traffic announces a new multi-year agreement with Emmis Communications to provide traffic and information services to their four stations in Indianapolis. The deal also includes Emmis having access to Metro's online traffic service Sigalert for their station websites. Read More

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Alden Global Capital sells off more Emmis stock

Emmis According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Alden Global Capital has sold 482,070 shares just since March 4. This selloff comes at a time when Emmis founder and CEO Jeff Smulyan is suing Alden for allegedly backing off of the plan last year to take Emmis private at $2.40 a share. Read More

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