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The Essentials

Corporate Personnel

Chairman/President: Jeffrey H. Smulyan
Executive VP, CFO and COO: Patrick Walsh
President of Radio Programming: Rick Cummings EVP, General Counsel: Scott Enright
Chief Strategy Officer: Greg Loewen
SVP/Chief Technology Officer: Paul Brenner
Director of (Indianapolis) New Account Development: John Kesler (June 2001 - Current)

Stations Owned

WFNI(AM) (nee WIBC(AM))
WIBC-FM (nee WNAP, WNOU and WEXM)
(Purchased in 1994 from Sconnix Broadcasting Co.)
WLHK-FM (nee WENS)
WSDM-FM
(Purchased from Crossroads Communications, Inc. in 2012.)
WSDX(AM)
(Purchased from Crossroads Communications, Inc. in 2012.)
WTHI(AM)
WTHI-FM
(WTHI(AM) and WTHI-FM both purchased from Wabash Valley Broadcasting in November 1998, for $90 million. The price included WWVR-FM, and WTHI-TV.)
WTLC(AM)
(Purchased in November 1997 from Panache Broadcasting L.P.)
(Sold in January 2001 to Radio One, Inc..)
WWVR-FM
WYXB-FM (nee WTLC-FM)
(Purchased in November 1997 from Panache Broadcasting L.P.)

Company History

For Further Reading...

"Emmis Buys Radio Stations." Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition). 24 June 1997. Page A13.
Farber, Erica. "Publisher's Profile: Jeffrey Smulyan." Radio & Records. October 2, 1998. Page 116.
Rathbun, Elizabeth A. "Turned off by Emmis TV." Broadcasting & Cable. May 15, 2000. Page 38.
Weaver, Gregory. "Softer ad spending hurts Emmis earnings." Indianapolis Star. 27 February 2001. Page C1.
Penticuff, David. "Media Mogul has nice-guy image." Indianapolis Star. 15 September 2003.