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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
(16)    Commitments and Contingencies

The Company leases property and equipment from third parties under five- to thirty-year operating leases. Lease expense was $3.1 million and $3.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

The Company also has various commitments for rating services, on-air personalities not employed by us, consultants and programming rights. As of December 31, 2015, future minimum payments to third parties for the next five years and thereafter are summarized as follows:

 

2016

    $ 8,591,662   

2017

      9,279,734   

2018

      8,897,610   

2019

      3,441,001   

2020

      2,282,678   

Thereafter

      7,723,100   
  

 

 

  

Total

    $ 40,215,785   
  

 

 

  

In the normal course of business, the Company is party to various legal matters. The ultimate disposition of these matters will not, in management’s judgment, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position.