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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract |
Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based |
|  |  | Three Months |  | Year
|  |  | Ended |  | Ended
|  |  | March 31, |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation Of RSUs With Market Conditions |  |  |  |  |  |
| Beginning of period balance |  |  | 390 |  |  | 290
| Number of RSUs granted |  |  | 20 |  |  | 165
| Number of RSUs forfeited |  |  | - |  |  | -
| Number of RSUs vested |  |  | (225) |  |  | (65)
| End of period balance |  |  | 185 |  |  | 390
| Average fair value of RSUs granted with market |  |  |  |  |  |
| conditions |  | $ | 5.45 |  | $ | 8.39
Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
Option Exercise Data |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Intrinsic value of options exercised |  | $ | 25 |  | $ | 72
Tax benefit from options exercised (1) |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 27
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | 31
Stock Option Valuation Assumptions |
| Three Months Ended |  | Year Ended
| March 31, |  | December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Expected Volatility Term Structure (1) | 36% to 45% |  | 34% to 39%
Risk-Free Interest Rate (2) | 0.5% to 1.1% |  | 0.1% to 1.1%
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 |  | March 31, |  | Contractual |  | Exercise |  | March 31, |  | Exercise
From |  | To |  | 2016 |  | Life |  | Price |  | 2016 |  | Price
$ | 1.34 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | 430,425 |  | 2.9 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | 430,425 |  | $ | 1.34
$ | 2.02 |  | $ | 11.78 |  | 34,000 |  | 2.4 |  | $ | 9.50 |  | 34,000 |  | $ | 9.50
$ | 1.34 |  | $ | 11.78 |  | 464,425 |  | 2.8 |  | $ | 1.94 |  | 464,425 |  | $ | 1.94
Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense |
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses |  | $ | 227 |  | $ | 177
Corporate general and administrative expenses |  |  | 1,254 |  |  | 934
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses |  |  | 1,481 |  |  | 1,111
Income tax benefit (1) |  |  | 551 |  |  | 413
Net stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 930 |  | $ | 698
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 |  | March 31,
| Period Ended |  |  | Units |  | Price |  | Term (Years) |  | 2016
RSUs outstanding as of: | December 31, 2015 |  |  | 1,590,417 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs awarded |  |  |  | 439,585 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs released |  |  |  | (581,967) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs forfeited |  |  |  | (7,450) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs outstanding as of: | March 31, 2016 |  |  | 1,440,585 |  | $ | - |  | 1.8 |  | $ | 15,241,389
RSUs vested and expected |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
to vest as of: | March 31, 2016 |  |  | 1,317,409 |  | $ | - |  | 1.7 |  | $ | 13,421,043
RSUs exercisable (vested and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
deferred) as of: | March 31, 2016 |  |  | 48,880 |  | $ | - |  | - |  | $ | 517,150
Weighted average remaining |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
recognition period in years |  |  |  | 2.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
expense, net of estimated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
forfeitures |  |  | $ | 10,524,827 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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 |  | March 31,
| Period Ended |  | Options |  | Price |  | Term (Years) |  | 2016
Options outstanding as of: | December 31, 2015 |  |  | 466,925 |  | $ | 1.93 |  |  |  |  |
Options granted |  |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Options exercised |  |  |  | (2,500) |  |  | 1.34 |  |  |  |  |
Options forfeited |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options expired |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding as of: | March 31, 2016 |  |  | 464,425 |  | $ | 1.94 |  | 2.8 |  | $ | 4,035,062
Options vested and expected to |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
vest as of: | March 31, 2016 |  |  | 464,425 |  | $ | 1.94 |  | 2.8 |  | $ | 4,035,062
Options vested and exercisable as of: | March 31, 2016 |  |  | 464,425 |  | $ | 1.94 |  | 2.8 |  | $ | 4,035,062
Weighted average remaining |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
recognition period in years |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation expense, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
net of estimated forfeitures |  |  | $ | 8,687 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Text Block] |
|  |  | Three Months |  | Year
|  |  | Ended |  | Ended
|  |  | March 31, |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except
|  |  |  | per share data)
Reconciliation Of RSUs With Performance Conditions |  |  |  |  |  |
| Beginning of period balance |  |  | 29 |  |  | 8
| Number of RSUs granted |  |  | - |  |  | 21
| Number of RSUs that did not meet criteria |  |  | - |  |  | -
| Number of RSUs vested |  |  | - |  |  | -
| End of period balance |  |  | 29 |  |  | 29
| Average fair value of RSUs granted with performance |  |  |  |  |  |
| conditions |  | $ | - |  | $ | 11.11

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