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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt |
|  |  | Long-Term Debt
|  |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |
| Revolver, due November 23, 2016 |  | $ | 26,000 |  | $ | -
| Term B Loan, due November 23, 2018 |  |  | 242,750 |  |  | 262,000
Senior Notes |  |  |  |  |  |
| 10.5% senior unsecured notes, due December 1, 2019 |  |  | 220,000 |  |  | 220,000
| Total |  |  | 488,750 |  |  | 482,000
| Current amount of long-term debt |  |  | (31,832) |  |  | (3,000)
| Unamortized original issue discount |  |  | (1,731) |  |  | (2,071)
Total long-term debt |  | $ | 455,187 |  | $ | 476,929
Outstanding standby letter of credit |  | $ | 670 |  | $ | 620
Schedule Of Net Interest Expense |
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 34,764 |  | $ | 34,656 |  | $ | 40,091
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 2,863 |  |  | 3,860 |  |  | 3,870
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 340 |  |  | 305 |  |  | 274
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (6) |  |  | - |  |  | (3)
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 37,961 |  | $ | 38,821 |  | $ | 44,232
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt |
| Principal Debt Maturities
| Credit |  | Senior |  |  |
| Facility |  | Notes |  | Total
| (amounts in thousands)
Years ending December 31: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2016 | $ | 31,832 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 31,832
2017 |  | 168 |  |  | - |  |  | 168
2018 |  | 236,750 |  |  | - |  |  | 236,750
2019 |  | - |  |  | 220,000 |  |  | 220,000
2020 |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | -
Thereafter |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | -
Total | $ | 268,750 |  | $ | 220,000 |  | $ | 488,750

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