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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Emmis Communications
Corporation on Form S-4 of our report dated September 5, 2000, on the combined
financial statements of KZLA-FM and the related FCC broadcasting license owned
by Bonneville Holding Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 1999,
appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of this Registration Statement,
and to the reference to us under the headings "Experts" in such Prospectus.


                                          /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Salt Lake City, Utah
June 1, 2001