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Emmis Communications takes its corporate citizenship seriously. As a fast-growing international media company, we know we must use our resources to address pressing problems. And as a collection of local broadcasters and publishers, we believe we should use our stations and publications to improve individual communities. The company backs these beliefs with deeds: Emmis has pumped millions in
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cash, in-kind contributions and fund-raising into its communities. And those dollars met a range of needs, from putting new coats on children to providing notfor-profit agencies with services they could not otherwise afford. Over the years, these activities have been recognized with a variety of awards and honors – most notably, in 2002, Emmis was the second-ever recipient of the National Association of Broadcaster
Education Foundation’s Hubbard Award “for extraordinary involvement in serving the community.”
greatmedia.greatpeople.greatservice.
Making communities better places.
As host of the No. 1 morning show on L.A.’s No.1 radio station (KPWR-FM), Big Boy not only has hundreds of thousands of listeners a day, but he also attracts the likes of Shaq and Will Smith to join him on-air. And it’s all good: The 2002 Marconi Award winner throws his weight around to raise big bucks for L.A.-area charities.
Commitment to diversity
Awards and honors Emmis prides itself on creating high-quality media content while maintaining the highest standards of integrity. This commitment has result in a number of awards and honors: Emmis routinely sees some of its magazines nominated for – and receiving – coveted National Magazine Awards, and Emmis publications annually claim more than half of the awards at the City and Regional Magazine competition. In recent years, Emmis people and stations have been regular Marconi Radio Awards nominees and recipients And our television operations are regularly honored by journalism organizations for their newsgathering and community service. Emmis’ business practices were honored in 2003 with an American Business Ethics Award by the Indianapolis Chapter, Society of Financial Service Professionals
Emmis Communications is committed to building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities, audiences and customer bases we serve. Therefore, we believe it is Emmis’ responsibility to: attract and retain outstanding minority candidates develop each employee’s talent and skill to the fullest potential ensure our diverse workforce is reflected at all levels of the company be as example of the power of a diverse workforce by being successful and competitive in each of them markets we serve.
When KHON-TV (Honolulu) news anchor Leslie Wilcox saw a need in her community, she didn’t open her purse – she opened her heart and founded the Lokahi Giving Tree Project, working with the Salvation Army to help needy Hawaiians receive assistance.
An Indianapolis doctor who wanted to boost his client base turned to the WYXB-FM sales team, which didn’t just sell him an ad – it helped him find better seminar locations, changed his marketing focus and found a vendor willing to provide co-op dollars and products for give-aways. The result? Seminar attendance jumped five-fold.