EXHIBIT (a)(5)(A)
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                                STATE OF INDIANA
                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
                               SECURITIES DIVISION


IN THE MATTER OF                               )
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         EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS                  )    Cause No. 05-0055 TO
         CORPORATION and its Request for       )
         Exemption from Certain Provisions     )
         Of the Indiana Takeover Offers Act.   )

                                NOTICE OF HEARING
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         On May 16, 2005, Emmis Communications Corporation ("Emmis") commenced a
tender offer to Emmis shareholders for Emmis to re-acquire up to 20,250,000
shares of its own Class A Common stock. On May 17, 2005, Emmis filed a request
for exemption from certain provisions of the Indiana Takeover Offers Act,
Indiana Code 23-2-3.1. Emmis made this request pursuant to Indiana code section
23-2-3.1-8.6(a)(3) of the Act. On May 20, 2005, the Indiana Securities
Commissioner ordered that a hearing would be held to determine whether Emmis is
entitled to an exemption.

         Please take notice that the Securities Commissioner will conduct a
hearing to determine whether Emmis qualifies for an exemption to the Indiana
Takeover Offers Act. The hearing will be held at 11:30 AM on the 2nd day of
June, 2005, at the offices of the Indiana Secretary of State, Securities
Division, 302 West Washington Street, Room E-111, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204.
Interested parties are encouraged to attend.

         ENTERED at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 20th day of May, 2005.

                                                      TODD ROKITA
                                                      SECRETARY OF STATE

         OFFICIAL SEAL
   INDIANA SECURITIES DIVISION                        /s/ James A. Joven
          INDIANAPOLIS                                ------------------
                                                      JAMES A. JOVEN
                                                      SECURITIES COMMISSIONER