Emmis Communications
| Emmis Communications | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1979 |
| Seat | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| management | Jeff Smulyan President & CEO |
| Branch | Media group |
| Website | www.emmis.com |
Emmis Communications ( NASDAQ : EMMS) is an American media company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The listed company operates radio stations and print media across the United States.
Emmis Communication was founded in 1979 by Jeff Smulyan. Subsidiaries are Emmis Radio LLC, which operates radio stations, and Emmis Interactive, Inc. According to its own information, Emmis is the ninth largest radio group in the USA, measured by the number of listeners.
history
Emmis was founded in 1979 by Jeffrey Smulyan; to this day he is the company's chairman. Smulyan had taken over the WSVL-FM VHF station in Shelbyville , Indiana. With her he wanted to gain importance on the Indianapolis radio market. Therefore he built a new transmitter mast and put the station into operation in July 1981 with the new callsign WENS . The program made a lot of innovations, in addition to a fresh AC format, the station also drew talented moderators. David Letterman started at WENS .
Based on the success of this station, Smulyan bought more stations. He claims to have introduced a number of innovations in the US radio market. These include the first 24-hour all-sports radio station (New York City's WFAN ); the first Rhythmic Top 40 station ( KPWR 106 in Los Angeles) and the first Adult Classic Soul station ( KISS-FM in New York).
Radio stations
Emmis Communications currently operates 18 radio stations across the US.
| Location | Callsign | frequency | Branding | format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis, Indiana | WFNI | 107.5 MHz
1070 kHz |
The Fan | Sports |
| WIBC | 93.1 MHz | 93 WIBC | News / Talk | |
| WLHK | 97.1 MHz | Hank FM | Country | |
| WYXB | 105.7 MHz | B105.7 | Adult Contemporary | |
| St. Louis, Missouri | KFTK-FM | 97.1 MHz | FM News Talk 97.1 | News / Talk |
| KNOU | 96.3 MHz | Now 96.3 | Top 40 | |
| KPNT | 105.7 MHz | 105.7 The Point | Modern rock | |
| KSHE | 94.7 MHz | KSHE 95 | Mainstream rock | |
| New York, New York | WBLS | 107.5 MHz | 107.5 WBLS | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| WEPN-FM 1 | 98.7 MHz | 98.7 ESPN | Sports radio | |
| WLIB | 1190 kHz | 1190 WLIB | Urban Contemporary Gospel | |
| WQHT | 97.1 MHz | Hot 97 | Rhythmic Top 40 | |
| Austin, Texas | KBPA | 103.5 MHz | BOB FM | Adult hits |
| KGSR | 93.3 MHz | Radio Austin | AAA | |
| KLZT | 107.1 MHz | La Z 107.1 | Regional Mexican | |
| KLBJ-FM | 93.7 MHz | 93.7 KLBJ | Classic rock | |
| KROX-FM | 101.5 MHz | 101X | Alternative rock | |
| KLBJ-AM | 590 kHz | News / Talk |