UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

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

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

INDIANA
(State of incorporation or organization)

0-23264
(Commission file number)

35-1542018
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

ONE EMMIS PLAZA
40 MONUMENT CIRCLE
SUITE 700
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204
(Address of principal executive offices)

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ITEM 5.03. Amendments To Articles Of Incorporation Or Bylaws; Change In Fiscal Year.

     Effective July 30, 2009, the Company’s board of directors approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Code of By-Laws to elect that the terms of office of the Company’s board of directors not be governed by Indiana Code Section 23-1-33-6(c), a newly-enacted provision of the Indiana Business Corporation Law that would, absent this election by the board of directors, require the Company to maintain a classified board of directors.

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.