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Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities | Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities Prepaid expenses and other, classified as current assets, included the following:
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Prepaid rent |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11,245 |
Prepaid maintenance expenses |  | 3,329 |  |  | 3,981 |
Interest rate swaps |  | 1,382 |  |  | 4,930 |
Wireless contract asset |  | 44,844 |  |  | 33,323 |
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs |  | 4,898 |  |  | 4,634 |
Other |  | 3,352 |  |  | 2,049 |
Prepaid expenses and other |  | $ | 57,805 |  |  | $ | 60,162 |
Deferred charges and other assets, classified as long-term assets, included the following:
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Interest rate swaps |  | $ | 1,252 |  |  | $ | 8,323 |
Wireless contract asset |  | 39,819 |  |  | 32,351 |
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs |  | 6,107 |  |  | 5,457 |
Prepaid expenses and other |  | 6,174 |  |  | 3,760 |
Deferred charges and other assets |  | $ | 53,352 |  |  | $ | 49,891 |
Accrued liabilities and other, classified as current liabilities, included the following:
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Sales and property taxes payable |  | $ | 3,789 |  |  | $ | 4,281 |
Asset retirement obligations |  | 148 |  |  | 582 |
Accrued programming costs |  | 3,023 |  |  | 2,886 |
Financing leases |  | 94 |  |  | — |
FCC spectrum license obligations |  | 105 |  |  | — |
Other current liabilities |  | 7,232 |  |  | 6,814 |
Accrued liabilities and other |  | $ | 14,391 |  |  | $ | 14,563 |
Other liabilities, classified as long-term liabilities, included the following:
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Noncurrent portion of deferred lease revenue |  | $ | 12,449 |  |  | $ | 12,593 |
FCC spectrum license obligations |  | 1,699 |  |  | — |
Noncurrent portion of financing leases |  | 1,591 |  |  | — |
Other |  | 1,251 |  |  | 1,771 |
Other liabilities |  | $ | 16,990 |  |  | $ | 14,364 |
Asset Retirement Obligations: Our asset retirement obligations arise from certain of our leases and generally require us to remove our network equipment from colocation sites, and to remove our towers from ground leases. Below is a summary:
| Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 29,166 |  |  | $ | 21,703 |  |  | $ | 21,507 |
Additional liabilities accrued | 2,741 |  |  | 3,357 |  |  | 2,404 |
Changes to prior estimates | 3,902 |  |  | 3,504 |  |  | (1,695 | )
Payments | (224 | ) |  | (443 | ) |  | (1,296 | )
Accretion expense | 1,477 |  |  | 1,045 |  |  | 783 |
Balance at end of year | $ | 37,062 |  |  | $ | 29,166 |  |  | $ | 21,703 |

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