SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
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3 Months Ended |
9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
| Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract |
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| Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based |
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| | | 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 |
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| Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure |
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| | 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 |
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| Stock Option Valuation Assumptions |
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| 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% |
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| Schedule Of significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options |
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| | | | | | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Restricted Stock Units, Vested and Expected to Vest |
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| | | | 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 | | | | | | | | |
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| Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding |
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| | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | |
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| Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Text Block] |
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| | | 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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