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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract |  |
Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based |  |
|  |  | Nine Months |  | Year
|  |  | Ended |  | Ended
|  |  | September 30, |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation Of RSUs With Market Conditions |  |  |  |  |  |
| Beginning of period balance |  |  | 290 |  |  | -
| Number of RSUs granted |  |  | 165 |  |  | 290
| Number of RSUs forfeited |  |  | - |  |  | -
| Number of RSUs vested |  |  | (65) |  |  | -
| End of period balance |  |  | 390 |  |  | 290
| Average fair value of RSUs issued with market |  |  |  |  |  |
| conditions |  | $ | 8.39 |  | $ | 6.90
Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure |  |
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
Option Exercise Data |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Intrinsic value of options exercised |  | $ | 101 |  | $ | 232
Tax benefit from options exercised (1) |  | $ | 38 |  | $ | 88
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised |  | $ | 35 |  | $ | 42
Stock Option Valuation Assumptions |  |
| Nine Months Ended |  | Year Ended
| September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Expected Volatility Term Structure (1) | 34% to 39% |  | 33% to 42%
Risk-Free Interest Rate (2) | 0.1% to 1.1% |  | 0.1% to 0.4%
Dividend Yield (3) | 0.0% |  | 0.0%
Schedule Of significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable
|  |  |  |  |  | Number Of |  | Weighted |  |  |  |  | Number Of |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Options |  | Average |  | Weighted |  | Options |  | Weighted
Range Of |  | Outstanding |  | Remaining |  | Average |  | Exercisable |  | Average
Exercise Prices |  | September 30, |  | Contractual |  | Exercise |  | September 30, |  | Exercise
From |  | To |  | 2015 |  | Life |  | Price |  | 2015 |  | Price
$ | 1.34 |  |  | 1.34 |  | 432,925 |  | 3.4 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | 432,925 |  | $ | 1.34
$ | 2.02 |  |  | 11.78 |  | 34,000 |  | 2.9 |  | $ | 9.50 |  | 34,000 |  | $ | 9.50
$ | 1.34 |  |  | 11.78 |  | 466,925 |  | 3.3 |  | $ | 1.93 |  | 466,925 |  | $ | 1.93
Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense |
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses |  | $ | 334 |  | $ | 277
Corporate general and administrative expenses |  |  | 1,221 |  |  | 981
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses |  |  | 1,555 |  |  | 1,258
Income tax benefit (1) |  |  | 577 |  |  | 378
Net stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 978 |  | $ | 880
|  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses |  | $ | 880 |  | $ | 672
Corporate general and administrative expenses |  |  | 3,217 |  |  | 3,079
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses |  |  | 4,097 |  |  | 3,751
Income tax benefit (1) |  |  | 1,513 |  |  | 1,121
Net stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 2,584 |  | $ | 2,630
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Restricted Stock Units, Vested and Expected to Vest |  |
|  |  |  | Number |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  | Aggregate
|  |  |  | Of |  | Weighted |  | Average |  | Intrinsic
|  |  |  | Restricted |  | Average |  | Remaining |  | Value As Of
|  |  |  | Stock |  | Purchase |  | Contractual |  | September 30,
| Period Ended |  |  | Units |  | Price |  | Term (Years) |  | 2015
RSUs outstanding as of: | December 31, 2014 |  |  | 1,258,685 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs awarded |  |  |  | 701,527 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs released |  |  |  | (394,130) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs forfeited |  |  |  | (53,498) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs outstanding as of: | September 30, 2015 |  |  | 1,512,584 |  | $ | - |  | 1.3 |  | $ | 15,367,853
RSUs vested and expected |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
to vest as of: | September 30, 2015 |  |  | 1,424,839 |  | $ | - |  | 1.2 |  | $ | 13,649,545
RSUs exercisable (vested and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
deferred) as of: | September 30, 2015 |  |  | 81,380 |  | $ | - |  | - |  | $ | 826,821
Weighted average remaining |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
recognition period in years |  |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
expense, net of estimated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
forfeitures |  |  | $ | 8,404,214 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  | Intrinsic
|  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  | Average |  | Value
|  |  |  |  |  | Average |  | Remaining |  | As Of
|  |  | Number Of |  | Exercise |  | Contractual |  | September 30,
| Period Ended |  | Options |  | Price |  | Term (Years) |  | 2015
Options outstanding as of: | December 31, 2014 |  |  | 486,675 |  | $ | 2.11 |  |  |  |  |
Options granted |  |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Options exercised |  |  |  | (11,750) |  |  | 3.02 |  |  |  |  |
Options forfeited |  |  |  | (3,750) |  |  | 8.72 |  |  |  |  |
Options expired |  |  |  | (4,250) |  |  | 13.63 |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding as of: | September 30, 2015 |  |  | 466,925 |  | $ | 1.93 |  | 3.3 |  | $ | 3,871,714
Options vested and expected to |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
vest as of: | September 30, 2015 |  |  | 466,925 |  | $ | 1.93 |  | 3.3 |  | $ | 3,871,714
Options vested and exercisable as of: | September 30, 2015 |  |  | 466,925 |  | $ | 1.93 |  | 3.3 |  | $ | 3,871,714
Weighted average remaining |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
recognition period in years |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation expense, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
net of estimated forfeitures |  |  | $ | 11,947 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Text Block] |  |
|  |  | Nine Months |  | Year
|  |  | Ended |  | Ended
|  |  | September 30, |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation Of RSUs With Performance Conditions |  |  |  |  |  |
| Beginning of period balance |  |  | 8 |  |  | -
| Number of RSUs granted |  |  | 22 |  |  | 11
| Number of RSUs that did not meet criteria |  |  | - |  |  | (3)
| Number of RSUs vested |  |  | - |  |  | -
| End of period balance |  |  | 30 |  |  | 8
| Average fair value of RSUs issued with performance |  |  |  |  |  |
| conditions |  | $ | 11.11 |  | $ | 9.60

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