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, J. Scott Enright and Norman
H. Gurwitz, 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 on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2002, and any amendments thereto, 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 9, 2002 /s/ Lawrence B. Sorrel
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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, J. Scott Enright and Norman
H. Gurwitz, 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 on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2002, and any amendments thereto, 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 10, 2002 /s/ Richard A. Leventhal
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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, J. Scott Enright and Norman
H. Gurwitz, or any of them, her attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for her in any and all capacities, to the annual report of
Emmis Communications Corporation on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for
the fiscal year ended February 28, 2002, and any amendments thereto, 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 10, 2002 /s/ Susan B. Bayh
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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, J. Scott Enright and Norman
H. Gurwitz, 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 on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2002, and any amendments thereto, 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 9, 2002 /s/ Gary L. Kaseff
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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, J. Scott Enright and Norman
H. Gurwitz, 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 on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2002, and any amendments thereto, 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 13, 2002 /s/ Frank V. Sica
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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, J. Scott Enright and Norman
H. Gurwitz, 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 on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2002, and any amendments thereto, 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 8, 2002 /s/ Greg A. Nathanson
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