November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffLloyd Wright, president and CEO of WFYI Public Broadcasting, has been elected to the PBS board of directors. He will serve
a three-year term.
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October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffFormer Emmis Communications Corp. employee Jon Quick is writing a tribute book to the late Tom Severino, vice president
and general manager of Emmis’ Indianapolis operations, who lost his battle with lung cancer earlier this year.
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October 27, 2009
IBJ StaffShares of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. closed Monday at $1.53, the 10th straight day the stock has finished
trading above $1—preserving the company's listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange, but big challenges remain for the locally
based owner of radio stations and magazines.
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October 26, 2009
IBJ StaffShares of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. closed Monday at $1.53, the 10th straight day the stock has finished
trading above $1—preserving the company's listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
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October 20, 2009
Scott OlsonIndianapolis-based media company Emmis Communications Corp. is halfway home to maintaining its listing on the NASDAQ stock
exchange.
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October 19, 2009
Anthony SchoettleThe latest Arbitron Inc. radio ratings show the central Indiana market is becoming far more competitive, with the top
stations separated only by fractions of a point. WFMS-FM slipped, but remained No. 1, while urban stations WHHH-FM and WTLC-FM
climbed into the next two spots.
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October 9, 2009
IBJ StaffEmmis Communications Corp. suffered a whopping loss of $135.6 million in its most recent fiscal quarter, the Indianapolis-based
media company reported Friday morning.
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October 3, 2009
Anthony SchoettleWhen local radio industry veteran Charlie Morgan stepped down as president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions last
month, it could’ve appeared he was trying to escape the daunting problems of open-wheel racing. Unless you considered
where he was going.
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September 28, 2009
Scott OlsonAn executive of Emmis Communications Corp. is optimistic the company's performance will improve enough to boost its stock
price above $1, eliminating the threat of being delisted by NASDAQ.
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September 25, 2009
IBJ StaffEmmis Communication Corp.'s WIBC-FM 93.1 won the 2009 Marconi Radio Award for Large-Market Station of the Year yesterday in
a ceremony in Philadelphia.
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September 21, 2009
IBJ StaffNASDAQ has notified Emmis Communications Corp. that it is in danger of being delisted if the company's stock doesn't rise
above the minimum bid price of $1 per share within the next six months.
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September 2, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressFirefighters are making progress on a major wildfire north of Los Angeles that is burning perilously close to Mount Wilson,
home to transmission towers used by Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. and other broadcasters.
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August 29, 2009
IBJ StaffJulie Patterson, a former radio personality who's been working for WISH-TV, will lead the marathon, which will be a qualifying
event for the Boston Marathon in 2010 and 2011.
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August 26, 2009
Anthony SchoettleLong-time radio veteran Charlie Morgan is leaving his post heading up broadcasting for Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy
Racing League to lead Emmis Communications Corp. radio stations in Indianapolis.
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July 20, 2009
Greg AndrewsLet's play the contrarian. For Emmis, that means arguing that the battered company is poised for resurgence, rather than sliding
deeper into the abyss.
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July 20, 2009
IBJ StaffAfter 3-1/2 years, Russ Dodge has exited as general manager of WSYW-AM 810 and WEDJ-FM 107.1. Both stations, which are
owned by California-based Continental Broadcast Group LLC, air Hispanic music and programming.
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July 10, 2009
IBJ StaffEmmis Communications Corp. reported a quarterly profit today after buying back a big chunk of its own debt on the cheap, but
the outlook for the company remains grim. The radio broadcaster and magazine publisher saw revenue plunge 27 percent.
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July 6, 2009
Anthony SchoettleRadio executive Tom Severino, who managed four local stations for Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp., died yesterday
after a five-month battle with cancer. Severino, 57, was vice president and general manager of WIBC-FM 93.1, WLHK-FM 97.1,
WFNI-AM 1070 and WYXB-FM 105.7.
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June 1, 2009
The Associated Press Sports Editors, the nation's largest professional sports journalism organization, is establishing its
headquarters at Indiana University's new National Sports Journalism Center.
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April 6, 2009
The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis inspires passion for classical music across central Indiana through broadcast programming
and outreach.
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January 26, 2009
Anthony SchoettleRadio stations are moving away from live, local talent to cut costs, a move critics say could be a fatal blow in an era when
traditional radio is fighting to hold onto an audience seduced by such things as the iPod, Internet and satellite radio.
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September 29, 2008
Anthony SchoettleFor more than two years, Smulyan, 61, has been unflaggingly optimistic during quarterly conference calls. But since early
2007, Emmis' stock has fallen 84 percent, shrinking the company's stock market value from $307 million to $48 million. The
troubles have cast uncertainty over one of Indianapolis' highest-profile businesses.
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August 18, 2008
Anthony SchoettleLongtime sports/talk station WNDE-AM 1260 has beaten back newcomer WFNI-AM 1070 in a critical listener demographic despite
WFNI's extensive promotion of hosts Eddie White and Indianapolis Star sports columnist Bob Kravitz.
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August 4, 2008
Anthony SchoettleLocal radio icons Big John Gillis and Jeff Pibeon will be broadcasting live this year from the Indiana State Fair. But
you won't find their show on any radio station. Gillis and Pigeon have been hired by locally based Compton Strategies to create
audio-only, Internet-based shows for area events, companies and entertainment venues.
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May 12, 2008
Anthony SchoettleNumerous format changes late last year caused a major shake-up in the first-quarter survey results of central Indiana's radio-listening
habits.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.