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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Block) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract] |
Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Text Block] | 16. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURES ON NON-CASH ACTIVITIES The following table provides non-cash disclosures during the periods indicated:
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Operating Activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Barter revenues |  | $ | 10,898 |  | $ | 4,700 |  | $ | 4,002
| Barter expenses |  | $ | 9,440 |  | $ | 4,789 |  | $ | 4,258
| Transition services costs incurred in the integration of CBS Radio |  | $ | 1,917 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
| Reduction to the transition services asset |  | $ | (1,917) |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Financing Activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Increase in paid-in capital from the issuance of RSUs |  | $ | 35,628 |  | $ | 10,381 |  | $ | 9,045
| Decrease in paid-in capital from the forfeiture of RSUs |  |  | (1,117) |  |  | (280) |  |  | (709)
| Net paid-in capital of RSUs issued (forfeited) |  | $ | 34,511 |  | $ | 10,101 |  | $ | 8,336
| Perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| in connection with an acquisition |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 27,500
| Dividend accrued on perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock |  | $ | - |  | $ | 452 |  | $ | 339
| Debt assumed in a business combination or merger |  | $ | 1,387,500 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Investing Activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cash acquired through consolidation (deconsolidation) of a VIE |  | $ | (302) |  | $ | 302 |  | $ | -
| Noncash additions to property and equipment and intangibles |  | $ | 2,213 |  | $ | 833 |  | $ | -
| Net radio station assets given up in a market |  | $ | 124,500 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 59,000
| Net radio station assets acquired in a market |  | $ | 124,500 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 59,000
| Radio station assets acquired through the issuance of perpetual |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| cumulative convertible preferred stock |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 27,500
| Fair value of net assets acquired through the issuance of common stock |  | $ | 1,168,848 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4313-108586 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4332-108586 + Details
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