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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets | Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill by segment consisted of the following:
(in thousands) | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Wireless | $ | 146,383 |  |  | $ | 146,383 |
Cable | 2,677 |  |  | 104 |
Wireline | 10 |  |  | 10 |
Total Goodwill | $ | 149,070 |  |  | $ | 146,497 |
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
(in thousands) | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Other |  | Net |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Other |  | Net
Non-amortizing intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cable franchise rights | $ | 64,334 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 64,334 |  |  | $ | 64,334 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 64,334 |
FCC spectrum licenses | 13,839 |  |  | — |  |  | 13,839 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Railroad crossing rights | 141 |  |  | — |  |  | 141 |  |  | 141 |  |  | — |  |  | 141 |
Total non-amortizing intangibles | 78,314 |  |  | — |  |  | 78,314 |  |  | 64,475 |  |  | — |  |  | 64,475 |
Finite-lived intangibles:
Sprint affiliate contract expansion - Wireless | 455,305 |  |  | (212,194 | ) |  | 243,111 |  |  | 455,305 |  |  | (167,830 | ) |  | 287,475 |
FCC spectrum licenses | 4,659 |  |  | (39 | ) |  | 4,620 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Favorable leases - Wireless | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 15,743 |  |  | (1,919 | ) |  | 13,824 |
Acquired subscribers - Cable | 28,065 |  |  | (25,499 | ) |  | 2,566 |  |  | 25,265 |  |  | (25,250 | ) |  | 15 |
Other intangibles | 463 |  |  | (243 | ) |  | 220 |  |  | 463 |  |  | (223 | ) |  | 240 |
Total finite-lived intangibles | 488,492 |  |  | (237,975 | ) |  | 250,517 |  |  | 496,776 |  |  | (195,222 | ) |  | 301,554 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 566,806 |  |  | $ | (237,975 | ) |  | $ | 328,831 |  |  | $ | 561,251 |  |  | $ | (195,222 | ) |  | $ | 366,029 |
Affiliate contract expansion is amortized over the expected benefit period and is further reduced by the amount of waived management fees received from Sprint which were $9.7 million and $29.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Since May 6, 2016, the date of the non-monetary exchange, waived management fees received from Sprint have totaled $127.4 million, and the Company expects to collect another $128.2 million, up to $4.2 million per month, through 2022. FCC Spectrum Licenses During the third quarter of 2019, the Company purchased certain indefinite-lived spectrum licenses for $13.8 million. Spectrum licenses are issued by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) which provide us the exclusive right to utilize designated radio frequency spectrum within specific geographic service areas to provide wireless communication services. While some spectrum licenses are issued for a fixed time (generally up to fifteen years), renewals have been granted routinely and at nominal costs. The Company believes it will be able to meet all requirements necessary to secure renewal of its spectrum licenses. Moreover, the Company has determined that there are currently no legal, regulatory, contractual, competitive, economic or other factors that limit the useful lives of our spectrum licenses and as a result, we account for spectrum licenses as indefinite-lived intangible assets. During the third quarter of 2019, the Company also acquired certain definite-lived spectrum licenses for $4.7 million. These licenses are being amortized over their remaining contractual lives of approximately 20 years.

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