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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                SCHEDULE 13D/A

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              (Amendment No. 2)*

                       EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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                               (Name of Issuer)

                CLASS A COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
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                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                  291525 10 3
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                                (CUSIP Number)

                              Jeffrey H. Smulyan
                     c/o Emmis Communications Corporation
                                One Emmis Plaza
                         40 Monument Circle, Suite 700
                            Indianapolis, IN 46204
                                (317) 266-0100

                                with a copy to:

                             James M. Dubin, Esq.
               c/o Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
                          1285 Avenue of the Americas
                         New York, New York 10019-6064
                                (212) 373-3000

                 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
               Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  August 4, 2006
            (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing  person has  previously  filed a statement  on  Schedule  13G to
report the  acquisition  which is the  subject of this  Schedule  13D,  and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e),  Rule 13d-1(f),  Rule 13d-1(g),
check the following box [_].

* The  remainder  of this  cover  page  shall be  filled  out for a  reporting
person's  initial  filing on this form with  respect to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which
would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The  information  required  on the  remainder  of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the  liability of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,  see
the Notes).

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CUSIP NO.  291525 10 3                                             Page 2 of 5


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1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:       Jeffrey H. Smulyan

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2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:

         (a)  [_]
         (b)  [_]
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3        SEC USE ONLY

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4        SOURCE OF FUNDS: OO

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5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
         ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e):              [_]

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6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OR ORGANIZATION:  United States of America

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     NUMBER OF               7     SOLE VOTING POWER:         6,546,789(1)
       SHARES               --------------------------------------------------
    BENEFICIALLY             8     SHARED VOTING POWER:       30,625(2)
      OWNED BY              --------------------------------------------------
        EACH                 9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:    6,546,789(1)
     REPORTING              --------------------------------------------------
       PERSON                10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:  30,625(2)
        WITH
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11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
         REPORTING PERSON:  6,577,414 (1),(2)

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12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES:  [X]

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13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):

         Approximately 17.0%(3)
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14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:  IN

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(1)  Consists of (i) 3,951  shares of Class A Common  Stock held in the 401(k)
     Plan,  (ii) 101,837  shares of Class A Common  Stock held by Mr.  Smulyan
     individually,  (iii) 4,929,881 shares of Class B Common Stock held by Mr.
     Smulyan individually,  (iv) 11,120 shares of Class A Common Stock held by
     Mr.  Smulyan as trustee  for his  children,  and (v)  options to purchase
     1,500,000  shares of Class B Common Stock that are exercisable  currently
     or within 60 days of August 4, 2006.  Each share of Class B Common  Stock
     is convertible at any time into one share of Class A Common Stock.

(2)  Consists  of 30,625  shares of Class A Common  Stock held by The  Smulyan
     Family Foundation,  as to which Mr. Smulyan shares voting and dispositive
     control.


CUSIP NO.  291525 10 3                                             Page 3 of 5


(3)  The denominator is based on (i) 32,346,188 shares of Class A Common Stock
     outstanding  as of August 4, 2006, as obtained from Emmis  Communications
     Corporation,  and (ii) 6,429,881  shares of Class A Common Stock issuable
     upon conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock  beneficially owned
     by Mr. Smulyan (including upon the exercise of options to purchase shares
     of  Class  B  Common  Stock  held by Mr.  Smulyan  that  are  exercisable
     currently  or within 60 days of August 4,  2006).  Each  share of Class B
     Common Stock is  convertible at any time into one share of Class A Common
     Stock. Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote as a
     single class in all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, with
     each  share of Class A Common  Stock  entitled  to one vote per share and
     each  share of Class B Common  Stock  entitled  to ten votes  per  share,
     except as otherwise provided in the Issuer's articles of incorporation or
     as otherwise  provided by law. The shares deemed to be beneficially owned
     by Mr. Smulyan represent approximately 66.7% of the combined voting power
     of the  outstanding  shares  of Class A Common  Stock  and Class B Common
     Stock, voting together as a single class.




CUSIP NO.  291525 10 3                                             Page 4 of 5


                        AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE 13D

         This  Amendment  No. 2 to  Schedule  13D is being filed by Jeffrey H.
Smulyan (the "Reporting  Person") and relates to the Class A Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common  Stock"),  of Emmis  Communications
Corporation,  an Indiana corporation (the "Issuer"). The Schedule 13D filed on
October 3, 1995 by the Reporting  Person, as amended and restated by Amendment
No. 1 filed by the  Reporting  Person on May 10, 2006,  is hereby  amended and
supplemented by the Reporting  Person as set forth below in this Amendment No.
2.

ITEM 4.           PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

         The  disclosure in Item 4 is hereby amended by deleting the second to
last paragraph thereof and supplemented by adding the following after the last
paragraph thereof:

         "On August 4, 2006, Purchaser, an Indiana corporation wholly-owned by
the  Reporting  Person,  sent a letter  to the  Issuer's  Board  of  Directors
withdrawing,  for  the  reasons  stated  therein,  the  Proposal  made  by the
Purchaser on May 7, 2006. A copy of the letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 5
and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

         On  August 4,  2006,  the  Reporting  Person  issued a related  press
release,  which is  attached  hereto as Exhibit 6 and  incorporated  herein by
reference in its entirety.

         The Reporting Person intends to review continuously his investment in
the Issuer, the Issuer's business affairs,  capital needs and general industry
and economic conditions,  and, based on such review, the Reporting Person may,
from time to time,  determine to  reinstitute  the Proposal (or make a similar
proposal)  on the same terms or on  different  terms,  otherwise  increase his
ownership of Common Stock, approve an extraordinary corporate transaction with
regard to the  Issuer or engage in any of the  events  set forth in Items 4(a)
through (j) of Schedule 13D, except that the Reporting Person currently has no
intention of selling any shares of Common Stock."

ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

         The  disclosure  in  Item 7 is  hereby  supplemented  by  adding  the
following in appropriate numerical order at the end of that section:

    EXHIBIT NO.                  DESCRIPTION                     FILED WITH
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         5            Letter, dated August 4, 2006, from        This Statement
                      Purchaser to the Issuer's  Board of
                      Directors.
         6            Press Release, dated August 4, 2006.      This Statement






                                   SIGNATURE

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief,
the undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.

Dated:   August 7, 2006

                                             /s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan
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                                                 Jeffrey H. Smulyan