EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Walter Z. Berger and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the annual report of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2004, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.

Dated: May 7, 2004  /s/ Susan B. Bayh  

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Walter Z. Berger and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the annual report of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2004, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.

Dated: May 7, 2004  /s/ Lawrence B. Sorrel  

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Walter Z. Berger and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the annual report of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2004, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.

Dated: May 7, 2004  /s/ Richard A. Leventhal  

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Walter Z. Berger and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the annual report of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2004, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.

Dated: May 7, 2004  /s/ Peter A. Lund  

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Walter Z. Berger and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign the annual report of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2004, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.

Dated: May 7, 2004  /s/ Greg A. Nathanson  

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Walter Z. Berger and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the annual report of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2004, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.

Dated: May 7, 2004  /s/ Gary L. Kaseff  

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Walter Z. Berger and J. Scott Enright, or any of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the annual report of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2004, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereto.

Dated: May 7, 2004  /s/ Frank V. Sica