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                                                                    Exhibit 3.30


                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                        I

The name of this corporation is EMMIS FM LICENSE CORPORATION OF ST. LOUIS.

                                       II

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for
which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of
California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the
practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California
Corporations Code.

                                       III

The name and address in the State of California of this corporation and its
initial agent for service of process is:

         Name     Gary Kaseff
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         Street Address Warner Center Plaza V, 21800 Oxnard Street, #790
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         City   Woodland Hills                State  CALIFORNIA   Zip   91367
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                                       IV

This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and
the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One
Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each.




                                              /s/ J. Scott Enright
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                                            J. Scott Enright, Incorporator
                                            Bose McKinney & Evans
                                            135 North Pennsylvania Street
                                            Suite 2700
                                            Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

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                         CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE
                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                    EMMIS FM LICENSE CORPORATION OF ST. LOUIS

         The undersigned certify that:

1.       They are the PRESIDENT and the SECRETARY, respectively, of Emmis FM
         License Corporation of St. Louis, a California corporation.

2.       Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is
         amended to read as follows:

        The name of this Corporation is Emmis Radio License Corporation.

3.       The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly
         approved by the board of directors.

4.       The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly
         approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with
         Section 902, California Corporations Code. The total number of
         outstanding shares of the corporation is one thousand (1,000). The
         number of shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded
         the vote required. The percentage vote required was more than 50%.

         We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State
of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and
correct of our own knowledge.

         DATE:  April 10, 2001


                                                 /s/ Doyle L. Rose
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                                               Doyle L. Rose, President


                                                 /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz
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                                               Norman H. Gurwitz, Secretary