SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
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9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
| Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract |
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| Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based |
| | | Nine Months | | Year | | | | Ended | | Ended | | | | September 30, | | 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 | | | 470 | | | 165 | | Number of RSUs forfeited | | | - | | | - | | Number of RSUs vested | | | (225) | | | (65) | | End of period balance | | | 635 | | | 390 | | Weighted average fair value of RSUs granted | | | | | | | | with market conditions | | $ | 7.34 | | $ | 8.39 |
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| Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure |
| | Nine Months Ended September 30, | | Option Exercise Data | | 2016 | | 2015 | | | (amounts in thousands) | | | | | | | | | Intrinsic value of options exercised | | $ | 325 | | $ | 101 | | Tax benefit from options exercised (1) | | $ | 125 | | $ | 38 | | Cash received from exercise price of options exercised | | $ | 39 | | $ | 35 |
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| Stock Option Valuation Assumptions |
| | Nine Months | | | Year | | | Ended | | | Ended | | | September 30, | | | December 31, | | | 2016 | | 2015 | | | | | | | | | Expected Volatility Term Structure (1) | | | 35% to 45% | | | 34% to 39% | | Risk-Free Interest Rate (2) | | | 0.4% to 1.1% | | | 0.1% to 1.1% | | Quarterly Dividend Payment As A Constant (3) | | $ | 0.075 | | $ | 0.00 |
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| 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 | | 2016 | | Life | | Price | | 2016 | | Price | | $ | 1.34 | | $ | 1.34 | | 400,675 | | 2.4 | | $ | 1.34 | | 400,675 | | $ | 1.34 | | $ | 2.02 | | $ | 11.78 | | 33,625 | | 1.9 | | $ | 9.48 | | 33,625 | | $ | 9.48 | | $ | 1.34 | | $ | 11.78 | | 434,300 | | 2.3 | | $ | 1.97 | | 434,300 | | $ | 1.97 |
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| Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense |
| | Nine Months Ended | | | September 30, | | | 2016 | | 2015 | | | | (amounts in thousands) | | | | | | | | | Station operating expenses | | $ | 962 | | $ | 880 | | Corporate general and administrative expenses | | | 3,698 | | | 3,217 | | Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses | | | 4,660 | | | 4,097 | | Income tax benefit (1) | | | 1,637 | | | 1,513 | | Net stock-based compensation expense | | $ | 3,023 | | $ | 2,584 |
| | Three Months Ended | | | | | | | | | | September 30, | | | 2016 | | 2015 | | | (amounts in thousands) | | | | | | | | | Station operating expenses | | $ | 372 | | $ | 334 | | Corporate general and administrative expenses | | | 1,270 | | | 1,221 | | Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses | | | 1,642 | | | 1,555 | | Income tax benefit (1) | | | 888 | | | 577 | | Net stock-based compensation expense | | $ | 754 | | $ | 978 |
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| 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) | | 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RSUs outstanding as of: | December 31, 2015 | | | 1,590,417 | | | | | | | | | | RSUs awarded | | | | 1,116,585 | | | | | | | | | | RSUs released | | | | (595,717) | | | | | | | | | | RSUs forfeited | | | | (24,075) | | | | | | | | | | RSUs outstanding as of: | September 30, 2016 | | | 2,087,210 | | $ | - | | 1.7 | | $ | 26,976,147 | | RSUs vested and expected | | | | | | | | | | | | | | to vest as of: | September 30, 2016 | | | 1,908,169 | | $ | - | | 1.7 | | $ | 24,059,205 | | RSUs exercisable (vested and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | deferred) as of: | September 30, 2016 | | | 48,880 | | $ | - | | - | | $ | 632,507 | | Weighted average remaining | | | | | | | | | | | | | | recognition period in years | | | | 2.4 | | | | | | | | | | Unamortized compensation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | expense, net of estimated | | | | | | | | | | | | | forfeitures | | | $ | 12,481,696 | | | | | | | | |
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| 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) | | 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Options outstanding as of: | December 31, 2015 | | | 466,925 | | $ | 1.93 | | | | | | | Options granted | | | | - | | | - | | | | | | | Options exercised | | | | (29,500) | | | 1.34 | | | | | | | Options forfeited | | | | - | | | | | | | | | | Options expired | | | | (3,125) | | | | | | | | | | Options outstanding as of: | September 30, 2016 | | | 434,300 | | $ | 1.97 | | 2.3 | | $ | 4,764,266 | | Options vested and expected to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vest as of: | September 30, 2016 | | | 434,300 | | $ | 1.97 | | 2.3 | | $ | 4,764,266 | | Options vested and exercisable as of: | September 30, 2016 | | | 434,300 | | $ | 1.97 | | 2.3 | | $ | 4,764,266 | | Weighted average remaining | | | | | | | | | | | | | | recognition period in years | | | | - | | | | | | | | | | Unamortized compensation expense, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | net of estimated forfeitures | | | $ | 5,465 | | | | | | | | |
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| Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Text Block] |
| | | Nine Months | | Year | | | | Ended | | Ended | | | | September 30, | | December 31, | | | | 2016 | | 2015 | | | | (amounts in thousands, except | | | | | per share data) | | Reconciliation Of RSUs With Service And Performance | | | | Conditions | | | | | | | | Beginning of period balance | | | 29 | | | 8 | | Number of RSUs granted | | | - | | | 21 | | Number of RSUs that did not meet criteria | | | (8) | | | - | | Number of RSUs vested | | | - | | | - | | End of period balance | | | 21 | | | 29 | | Average fair value of RSUs granted with performance | | | | | | | | conditions | | $ | - | | $ | 11.11 |
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