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Dan Dakich’s 14-year run on Indianapolis radio comes to an end
Dakich, a former Indiana University basketball player and interim head coach, has been known for his combative persona on his midday sports talk show.
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With 10 media holdings, Urban One looks to blanket Indy
As regional vice president for Maryland-based Urban One, Deon Levingston holds the keys to the biggest house in Indianapolis broadcasting.
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FCC approves Urban One’s purchase of Emmis radio stations
Urban One seeks to expand its audience and advertising customers beyond the company’s stated mission to serve Black and urban listeners.
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WIBC-FM reporter Berman, 7 other Emmis employees lose jobs prior to sale of radio stations
Emmis Corp. on Wednesday said it dismissed eight employees in advance of a sale of the company’s Indianapolis radio stations to Urban One.
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Emmis ‘blank check’ firm dissolves without making purchase
The company had raised $251 million in its initial public offering in January 2021, and has been on the hunt since then for companies to buy. But with the market cooling, it was unable to close any deals.
Jeff Smulyan revisits highs, lows of storied media career in new book
A new book is capping a year of tremendous transition for the Emmis Corp. founder whose roster of former employees includes David Letterman, Mike Pence, Isaac Hayes and Ken Griffey Jr.
Emmis founder Jeff Smulyan selected for Radio Hall of Fame
Jeff Smulyan will enter Radio Hall of Fame with Yankees broadcaster Suzyn Waldman, country countdown host Lon Helton and six others.
After 28 years at WIBC, news anchor Stan Lehr set to sign off
Broadcast veteran Stan Lehr spent time at radio stations in Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska before joining the WIBC staff in 1993. He will work his final on-air shift Friday afternoon.
Five questions and answers about Urban One’s acquisition of Emmis stations
The Indianapolis cluster of radio stations owned by Urban One Inc. is set to grow thanks to the upcoming acquisition of all Indianapolis radio properties now owned by Emmis Communications. Here are some of the details.
UPDATE: Emmis reaches deal to sell Indy radio stations but will keep Circle HQ
Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. announced Monday an agreement to sell the radio stations in its home market, including longstanding local stalwart WIBC 93.1 FM, to Urban One.
‘Chicks on the Right’ co-founder to exit WIBC, cites vaccination mandates among reasons
Miriam Weaver says the primary factor in her departure is newly available time to focus on ‘Chicks on the Right’ work with Amy Jo Clark.
Jake Query to return to sports radio at The Fan
Indianapolis radio veteran Jake Query, former co-host of “The Query and Schultz Show,” is headed to mornings at Emmis-owned WFNI-FM, where he’ll have a new on-air partner.
Emmis makes stock buyback offer, seeking up to 2 million shares
The stock buyback offer, announced Thursday, applies to up to 2 million shares of Class A common stock at $2.60 per share, or more than $1 per share above the closing price of Emmis shares on Thursday.
Local sports talk morning radio show loses both co-hosts
“The Fan Morning Show with Jeff & Big Joe” on Emmis-owned WFNI-FM has seen the departure of both Jeff Rickard and Joe Staysniak in the past week.
Emmis to take AM 1070 off the air, although The Fan remains on FM stations
Emmis Communications Corp. says the signal’s towers in Whitestown will be dismantled to make way for development.
Developer proposes $60M apartment complex on Emmis radio site in Whitestown
Lafayette-based IG Development has submitted conceptual plans to redevelop roughly 27 acres of the Emmis Communications radio tower and transmission property in Whitestown with 408 apartments.
Q&A with Taja Graham, Indy radio market president for Emmis
Graham is the second woman and the first minority in the company’s 41-year history to hold that post.
Emmis launches ‘blank check’ firm, on hunt for media, tech acquisitions
The new firm, led by Emmis Communications executives, could raise as much $230 million to buy one or more companies and take them public.
‘Chicks on the Right’ co-host to leave WIBC, leading to overhaul of popular program
The show will continue with a new name and a new co-host starting Nov. 2.
Downtown July 4 Freedom Fest, fireworks display called off
Organizers said public health concerns and financial resources were the main factors in canceling the 50-year-old event.
Derek Daly says money ‘secondary’ issue in suit against Emmis, Colts, broadcasters
Former IndyCar driver and longtime television racing analyst Derek Daly said he’s not looking to settle a lawsuit he filed last week against Emmis Communications Corp., the Indianapolis Colts, former announcer Bob Lamey and Emmis on-air sports personality Joe Staysniak.
Emmis shares plummet after it announces Nasdaq delisting plan
The Indianapolis-based media company, which has been a publicly traded business since 1994, said that it was pursuing the delisting to save money.
Emmis plans to keep small biz relief loan, saying it will help employees ‘weather this storm’
Some lawmakers and policymakers have complained that Paycheck Protection Program loans ended up in the hands of larger, publicly traded companies at the expense of small businesses that need them most.