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Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | We operate as one operating and reportable segment which includes the goodwill balances as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 shown below (in thousands):
|  | Goodwill
Balance as of Dec. 31, 2017 |  | $ | 2,579,417 |
KFMB Stations acquisition |  | 17,446 |
Balance as of Dec. 31, 2018 |  | 2,596,863 |
Recent Acquisitions |  | 355,368 |
Disposition of a business unit |  | (1,644 | )
Balance as of Dec. 31, 2019 |  | $ | 2,950,587 |
Goodwill, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, and Amortizable Intangible Assets | The following table displays indefinite-lived intangible assets and amortizable intangible assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):
|  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Dec. 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |
Indefinite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |
Television and radio station FCC broadcast licenses |  | 2,090,732 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,090,732 |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Retransmission agreements |  | 256,533 |  |  | (105,212 | ) |  | 151,321 |
Network affiliation agreements |  | 309,496 |  |  | (48,174 | ) |  | 261,322 |
Other |  | 73,305 |  |  | (15,066 | ) |  | 58,239 |
Total indefinite-lived and amortizable intangible assets |  | $ | 2,730,066 |  |  | $ | (168,452 | ) |  | $ | 2,561,614 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |
Indefinite-lived intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |
Television station FCC licenses |  | 1,384,186 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,384,186 |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Retransmission agreements |  | 121,594 |  |  | (79,274 | ) |  | 42,320 |
Network affiliation agreements |  | 110,390 |  |  | (30,802 | ) |  | 79,588 |
Other |  | 28,865 |  |  | (8,882 | ) |  | 19,983 |
Total indefinite-lived and amortizable intangible assets |  | $ | 1,645,035 |  |  | $ | (118,958 | ) |  | $ | 1,526,077 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense | The following table shows the projected annual amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets existing as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):
2020 |  | $ | 73,439 |
2021 |  | 67,351 |
2022 |  | 64,209 |
2023 |  | 57,793 |
2024 |  | 51,330 |
Thereafter |  | 156,760 |
Total |  | $ | 470,882 |

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