1 EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints 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 a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), for the registration of the exchange of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") and guarantees thereof by certain subsidiaries for outstanding notes and guarantees, any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 hereof. Dated: March 9, 1999 /s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan 2 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 a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), for the registration of the exchange of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") and guarantees thereof by certain subsidiaries for outstanding notes and guarantees, any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 hereof. Dated: March 9, 1999 /s/ Richard A. Leventhal ------------------------- Richard A. Leventhal 3 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 a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), for the registration of the exchange of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") and guarantees thereof by certain subsidiaries for outstanding notes and guarantees, any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 hereof. Dated: March 9, 1999 /s/ Doyle L. Rose ------------------------- Doyle L. Rose 4 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 a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), for the registration of the exchange of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") and guarantees thereof by certain subsidiaries for outstanding notes and guarantees, any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 hereof. Dated: March 9, 1999 /s/ Gary L. Kaseff ------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff 5 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 a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), for the registration of the exchange of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") and guarantees thereof by certain subsidiaries for outstanding notes and guarantees, any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 hereof. Dated: March 9, 1999 /s/ Frank V. Sica ------------------------- Frank V. Sica 6 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 a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), for the registration of the exchange of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") and guarantees thereof by certain subsidiaries for outstanding notes and guarantees, any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 hereof. Dated: March 9, 1999 /s/ Greg Nathanson ------------------------- Greg Nathanson 7 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey H. Smulyan, 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 a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), for the registration of the exchange of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") and guarantees thereof by certain subsidiaries for outstanding notes and guarantees, any or all pre-effective amendments or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 hereof. Dated: March 9, 1999 /s/ Walter Z. Berger ------------------------- Walter Z. Berger