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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100719150346
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001496698-10-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100709
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100719
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100719

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000783005
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832]
		IRS NUMBER:				351542018
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE EMMIS PLAZA
		STREET 2:		40 MONUMENT CIRCLE SUITE 700
		CITY:			INDIANAPOLIS
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46204
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3172660100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE EMMIS PLAZA
		STREET 2:		40 MONUMENT CIRCLE #700
		CITY:			INDIANAPOLIS
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46204

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DJD GROUP, LLLP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001496698
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23264
		FILM NUMBER:		10958303

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4221 WEST BOY SCOUT BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			TAMPA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33607
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8132294190

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4221 WEST BOY SCOUT BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			TAMPA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33607
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    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-07-09</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000783005</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EMMS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001496698</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DJD GROUP, LLLP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4221 WEST BOY SCOUT BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1000</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TAMPA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33607</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>member of 10% owner group</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>101210</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a 'group' (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) whose voting of shares (of the 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock) is contractually restricted in certain respects pursuant to a Lock-Up Agreement among the shareholders of the issuer.  Collectively, those shareholders beneficially own more than 10% of the 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock in the issuer. The Reporting Person himself beneficially owns less than 10% of such stock, and he disclaims ownership of all such stock other than the shares he beneficially owns.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Shares of the issuer's 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of common stock in the issuer.  If the Reporting Person is deemed to be a member of a 'group' (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), and if all such preferred shares that are beneficially owned by such group were converted into common stock, neither that group (taken as a whole) nor the Reporting Person would beneficially own 10% or more of the common stock (or any class of common stock) in the issuer.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Don DeFosset, as General Partner of DJD Group, LLLP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-07-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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