Move over, Big Boy. (Real Estate).EMMIS Communications Emmis Communications (NASDAQ: EMMS) is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio and television stations and magazines in the United States, Belgium, Hungary and Slovakia. has found a solution to consolidating its L.A. radio operations, and it's going to make a couple of odd neighbors. With a just-signed lease expansion, country station KZLA-FM will join KPWR-FM at 2600 W. Olive Ave AVE Avenue AVE Average AVE Alta Velocidad Espanola (train between Madrid and Seville) AVE Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish: High Speed Train) AVE Audio Video Entertainment AVE Advertising Value Equivalent . in Burbank, the facility that has housed KPWR for the past seven years. KPWR, or Power 106, perhaps best known for its morning show starring Big Boy, plays hip hop hip-hop or hip hop n. 1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents. 2. Rap music. adj. and rap. KZLA is strictly country. "I like to use the word interesting," said Val Maki, senior vice president and market manager for EMMIS Communications Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Don't expect joint appearances by, say, Busta Rhymes Trevor Smith (born on May 20 1972), better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American hip hop musician and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes (from former NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes) after watching him perform. and Faith Hill anytime soon. But since Indianapolis-based EMMIS acquired KZLA in 2000, the company has consolidated some of its engineering and sales functions and a number of operating executives oversee both stations. They've been shuttling Dot line printers use shuttle mechanisms to build a line of dots (dot row) by moving the print mechanism horizontally whilst rendering dots. Different manufacturers use different tecniques. back and forth between KZLA's West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. facility and Power's Burbank location. EMMIS has owned KPWR since the 1980s. To solve the commuting problem, EMMIS has increased the space it leases in Burbank to 23,164 from 9,638 square feet it previously occupied. Power had been squeezed for space (no pun pun, use of words, usually humorous, based on (a) the several meanings of one word, (b) a similarity of meaning between words that are pronounced the same, or (c) the difference in meanings between two words pronounced the same and spelled somewhat similarly, e.g. intended to Big Boy, who tips the scale at about 400 pounds) and KZLA, which was operating out of about 15,000 square feet in West Hollywood, had a little more space than it needed. The move will give KPWR, which has earned the No. 1 spot in ratings for the two most recent rating periods, some additional room and provide operating efficiencies for the station overall. EMMIS plans to put the West Hollywood facility, which it owns, up for sale. "Anytime you can get more people together under one roof sharing ideas, it promises to be even more innovative and perhaps will bring operational benefits I can't even measure at this time," Maki said. The radio stations will have separate studios but will share common space. To make it work, designers are creating a lobby that somehow conveys the KPWR image and the KZLA image in distinct, yet shared, space, Maki added. Rosey Miller and Jason Green, both with Julien J. Studley he., represented EMMIS in the $12 million lease deal. Senior reporter Shelly Garcia can be reached at (818) 676-1750, ext. 14, or by email at sgarcia@sfvbj.com. Business Journal reporter Carlos Martinez may be reached at (818) 676-1750 ext. 17 or by e-mail at cmartinez@sfvbj.com. |
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