UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 21, 2004

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Table of Contents

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     In connection with Emmis Operating Company’s proposed offering of senior subordinated notes due 2012, Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company provided potential investors with certain additional information about the companies. That additional information, contained under the captions “Risk Factors,” “Use of Proceeds” and “Description of New Credit Facility,” is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item.

     The information contained in Item 9 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 9 of this Current Report on Form 8-K report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

Signatures.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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