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Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Other liabilities | Other liabilities consisted of the following:
|  | As of December 31, |  |
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Employee compensation and benefits |  | $ | 21,403 |  |  | $ | 19,775 |
Deferred FCC repack income |  | 36,770 |  |  | 20,620 |
Programming liability |  | 57,291 |  |  | 43,825 |
Liability for pension benefits |  | 190,219 |  |  | 198,444 |
Liabilities for uncertain tax positions |  | 637 |  |  | 811 |
Other |  | 9,628 |  |  | 11,067 |
Other liabilities (less current portion) |  | $ | 315,948 |  |  | $ | 294,542 |

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