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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt |
|  |  |  | Long-Term Debt
|  |  |  | September 30, |  | December31,
|  |  |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  |  |  | (amounts in thousands)
| Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Revolver, due November 23, 2016 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 26,000
|  | Term B Loan, due November 23, 2018 |  |  | 225,000 |  |  | 242,750
|  |  |  |  | 225,000 |  |  | 268,750
| Senior Notes |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 10.5% senior unsecured notes, due December 1, 2019 |  |  | 220,000 |  |  | 220,000
|  | Unamortized original issue discount |  |  | (1,451) |  |  | (1,731)
|  |  |  |  | 218,549 |  |  | 218,269
| Other Debt |  |  |  |  |
|  | Capital lease and other |  |  | 90 |  |  | -
Total debt before deferred financing costs |  |  | 443,639 |  |  | 487,019
| Current amount of long-term debt |  |  | (6,640) |  |  | (31,832)
| Deferred financing costs (excludes the revolving credit) |  |  | (4,728) |  |  | (6,463)
Total long-term debt, net of current debt |  | $ | 432,271 |  | $ | 448,724
Outstanding standby letters of credit |  | $ | 670 |  | $ | 670
Schedule Of Net Interest Expense |
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 25,382 |  | $ | 25,919
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 1,929 |  |  | 2,153
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 280 |  |  | 251
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (38) |  |  | -
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 27,553 |  | $ | 28,323
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 8,324 |  | $ | 8,915
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 611 |  |  | 730
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 96 |  |  | 86
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (17) |  |  | -
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 9,014 |  | $ | 9,731

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