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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Emmis Communications
Corporation for the registration of $300,000,000 of 8-1/8% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2009 and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
February 20, 1998 (except for Note 10, as to which the date is March 18, 1998)
with respect to the combined financial statements of SF Broadcasting of
Wisconsin, Inc. and SF Multistations, Inc. and Subsidiaries filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                   Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York

   
May 5, 1999