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Note 6 - Retirement Plans | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block] |
6 . | Retirement Plans
The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for our defined benefit pension plans for the three -month and six -month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | June 30, |  |  | June 30, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Service cost |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Interest cost |  |  | 1,528 |  |  |  | 1,185 |  |  |  | 2,335 |  |  |  | 2,369 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (1,848 | ) |  |  | (1,298 | ) |  |  | (2,824 | ) |  |  | (2,595 | )
Loss amortization |  |  | 158 |  |  |  | 153 |  |  |  | 242 |  |  |  | 306 |
Net periodic cost |  | $ | (162 | ) |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | (247 | ) |  | $ | 80 |
During the six -month period ended June 30, 2017, we contributed $0.6 million to our defined benefit pension plans. During the remainder of 2017, we expect to contribute an additional $1.7 million to these plans. During the three and six -month periods ended June 30, 2017, we contributed $1.8 million and $3.7 million, respectively, in matching contributions to our defined contribution plan, the Gray Television, Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan. During the remainder of 2017, we estimate that our contributions will be approximately $3.2 million to this plan, excluding discretionary profit-sharing contributions.

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