(3)	FCC Licenses

Changes in the carrying amount of Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) licenses for the six months ended June 30, 2020 are as follows:


Balance as of January 1, 2020	$	517,529,167
Impairment losses		(6,804,412	)

Balance as of June 30, 2020	$	510,724,755

Licenses are tested for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the Company’s licenses might be impaired. The Company assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that its licenses are impaired. If the Company determines it is more likely than not that its licenses are impaired, then the Company is required to perform the quantitative impairment test. The quantitative impairment test compares the fair value of the Company’s licenses with their carrying amounts. If the carrying amounts of the licenses exceed their fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. For the purpose of testing its licenses for impairment, the Company combines its licenses into reporting units based on its market clusters.

Due to the impact of the

COVID-19

pandemic on the U.S. economy, the Company tested its FCC licenses for impairment during the first quarter of 2020. As a result of the quantitative impairment test, the Company recorded impairment losses of $6.8 million related to the FCC licenses in its Atlanta, GA, Middlesex, NJ, Monmouth, NJ, Morristown, NJ, Las Vegas, NV, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL, and Wilmington, DE market clusters. The impairment losses were primarily due to a decrease in projected revenue in these markets due to the impact of the

COVID-19

pandemic and an increase in the discount rate used in the discounted cash flow analyses to estimate the fair value of our FCC licenses due to certain risks specifically associated with the Company and the radio broadcasting industry.

The fair value of the FCC licenses in the Atlanta, GA, Middlesex, NJ, Monmouth, NJ, Morristown, NJ, Las Vegas, NV, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL, and Wilmington, DE market clusters were estimated using an income approach. The income approach is based upon discounted cash flow analyses incorporating variables such as projected radio market revenues, projected growth rate for radio market revenues, projected radio market revenue shares, projected radio station operating income margins, and a discount rate appropriate for the radio broadcasting industry. The key assumptions used in the discounted cash flow analyses are as follows:


Revenue growth rates		(14.1)% - 7.9%
Market revenue shares at maturity		0.6% - 39.0%
Operating income margins at maturity		26.5% - 35.4%
Discount rate		9.5%