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WIBC accused of sidelining on-air personality Rob Kendall in contract stalemate

January 28, 2026
Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

St. Louis-based attorney Jay Kanzler says popular conservative on-air personality Rob Kendall has worked without a contract since October.

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WIBC-FM 93.1 among 9 radio stations moving out of Monument Circle building

December 8, 2025
Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

Radio One Indianapolis will bring its group of media properties back to the St. Joseph Street building the company has leased since 2001.

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With 10 media holdings, Urban One looks to blanket Indy

September 23, 2022 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

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

August 18, 2022 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

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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Emmis founder Jeff Smulyan selected for Radio Hall of Fame

July 25, 2022 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

Jeff Smulyan will enter Radio Hall of Fame with Yankees broadcaster Suzyn Waldman, country countdown host Lon Helton and six others.

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Bible Broadcasting Network buys local radio station from Urban One

June 26, 2022 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

The non-commercial Bible Broadcasting Network, based in North Carolina, operates more than 50 radio stations in 23 states.

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Five questions and answers about Urban One’s acquisition of Emmis stations

June 15, 2022 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

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.

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Emmis makes stock buyback offer, seeking up to 2 million shares

October 28, 2021 | Dave LindquistDave Lindquist

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.

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Emmis shares plummet after it announces Nasdaq delisting plan

April 27, 2020 | IBJ Staff

The Indianapolis-based media company, which has been a publicly traded business since 1994, said that it was pursuing the delisting to save money.

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Nine TV stations across five states to be sold for $59.2M

November 30, 2019 | Associated Press

Standard Media Group of Nashville, Tennessee, said it will buy stations in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, New York and Tennessee.

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Emmis makes deal to sell two New York stations, form new public company

July 1, 2019

Emmis Communications said it is selling two of its three New York City radio stations to investment firm Standard General. In return, Emmis will receive $91.5 million in cash plus a significant share of a new public company that will own the two stations. Emmis stock soared after the deal was announced.

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Emmis sells six radio stations in Austin, Texas

June 10, 2019

The sale represents almost half of the radio stations controlled by Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. and leaves the company with radio holdings in only two markets.

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Indianapolis Monthly to vacate longtime offices, make way for STAR Bank on Circle

May 8, 2019

The bank will use the three-story building that fronts Monument Circle for lending offices and a branch location. The magazine’s staff plans to move into the adjacent headquarters for Emmis Communications.

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Veteran morning broadcaster O’Brien parts ways with Hank-FM

April 15, 2019

Dave O’Brien, a staple on local morning radio since 1996, is no longer with WLHK-FM after station owner Emmis Communications opted not to renew his contract.

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Radio-station acquisitions give Cumulus big boost

April 4, 2019

With its pending acquisition of three Entercom Communications Corp. stations, Cumulus Media Inc. is set to become the biggest, most-listened-to radio company in the Indianapolis market.

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Owner axes two prominent on-air personalities at WNTR, WXNT

March 1, 2019

A sports talk show host and drive-time disc jockey were among a dozen employees let go Tuesday as radio giant Cumulus prepared to take over the Entercom stations.

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Cumulus plans to move Entercom radio studios but keep formats for now

February 18, 2019

Listeners won’t immediately detect changes at top 40 WZPL-FM 99.5, adult contemporary WNTR-FM 107.9 and sports-talker WXNT-AM 1430, which Cumulus media has agreed to acquire.

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Cumulus bolsters its local position with acquisition of 3 radio stations

February 14, 2019

Cumulus has made a deal to trade a station in New York and two stations in Springfield, Massachusetts to Entercom Communications in exchange for three Entercom stations in Indianapolis, including WZPL-FM 99.5.

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UPDATE: Radio host Michael Grady leaving local sports-talk show

January 25, 2019

Michael Grady, a former sports reporter at WRTV Channel 6 and public address announcer for the Indiana Pacers, has co-hosted the “Grady & Big Joe Show” for eight years. Station owner Emmis has already lined up a replacement.

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Emmis has profitable quarter as radio advertising picks up

January 10, 2019

The Indianapolis-based media company reported a profitable third quarter despite a decline in revenue resulting from the sale of several radio stations.

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Emmis cuts 35 employees involved in NextRadio, TagStation operations

December 14, 2018

Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications announced in October a decision to “dramatically reduce” the operations of NextRadio and TagStation after tens of millions of dollars in losses.

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‘Bob & Tom’ signs programming extension with 13 iHeartMedia stations

December 10, 2018

“The Bob & Tom Show” has aired weekday mornings on the iHeartMedia stations involved in the deal for at least 15 years.

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