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INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of the changes in broadcasting license |
|  | Broadcasting Licenses
|  | Carrying Amount
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Beginning of period balance as of January 1, |  | $ | 823,195 |  | $ | 807,381
Disposition of an FCC broadcasting license to facilitate the CBS Merger |  |  | (13,500) |  |  | -
Consolidation (deconsolidation) of a VIE - 2017 Charlotte Acquisition |  |  | (15,738) |  |  | 15,738
Acquisition of radio stations - 2017 Charlotte Acquisition |  |  | 17,174 |  |  | -
Acquisition of radio stations - CBS Radio Merger |  |  | 1,880,400 |  |  | -
Disposition of FCC broadcasting licenses - EMF Sale |  |  | (54,661) |  |  | -
Acquisition of a radio station - Beasley Transaction |  |  | 35,944 |  |  | -
Acquisition of radio stations - iHeartMedia Transaction |  |  | 50,621 |  |  | -
Disposition of radio stations - iHeartMedia Transaction |  |  | (7,462) |  |  | -
Acquisitions - other |  |  | - |  |  | 112
Assets held for sale - Bonneville Transaction |  |  | (66,014) |  |  | -
Disposition of radio stations previously reflected as held for sale |  |  | - |  |  | (36)
Ending period balance |  | $ | 2,649,959 |  | $ | 823,195
Schedule of assumptions and estimates for broadcasting licences impairment testing |
| Estimates And Assumptions
| Second |  | Second |  | Second |  | Second
| Quarter |  | Quarter |  | Quarter |  | Quarter
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Discount rate | 9.25% |  | 9.5% |  | 9.7% |  | 9.6%
Operating profit margin ranges expected |  |  |  |  |  |  |
for average stations in the markets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
where the Company operates | 19% to 40% |  | 14% to 40% |  | 25% to 40% |  | 25% to 40%
Long-term revenue growth rate range |  |  |  |  |  |  |
of the Company's markets | 1.0% to 2.0% |  | 1.0% to 2.0% |  | 1.5% to 2.0% |  | 1.5% to 2.0%
Schedule of changes in goodwill |
|  | Goodwill Carrying Amount
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Goodwill balance before cumulative loss |  |  |  |  |
on impairment as of January 1, | $ | 158,333 |  | $ | 158,244
Accumulated loss on impairment as of January 1, |  | (125,615) |  |  | (125,615)
Goodwill beginning balance after cumulative loss |  |  |  |  |
on impairment as of January 1, |  | 32,718 |  |  | 32,629
Loss on impairment during year |  | (441) |  |  | -
Acquisition of radio stations - 2017 Charlotte Acquisition |  |  | 43 |  |  |
Acquisition of radio stations - CBS Radio Merger |  | 820,961 |  |  | -
Disposition of goodwill - EMF sale |  |  | (266) |  |  | -
Acquisition of a radio station - Beasley Transaction |  |  | 289 |  |  | -
Acquisition of radio stations -iHeartMedia Transaction |  |  | 11,700 |  |  | -
Disposition of radio stations - iHeartMedia Transaction |  |  | (14) |  |  | -
Assets held for sale - Bonneville Transaction |  | (2,990) |  |  | -
Adjustment to acquired goodwill associated with an assumed fair value liability |  | - |  |  | 92
Disposition of radio stations previously reflected as assets held for sale |  | - |  |  | (3)
Ending period balance | $ | 862,000 |  | $ | 32,718
Schedule of assumptions and estimates for goodwill impairment testing |
| Estimates And Assumptions
| Second |  | Second |  | Second |  | Second
| Quarter |  | Quarter |  | Quarter |  | Quarter
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Discount rate | 9.25% |  | 9.5% |  | 9.7% |  | 9.6%
Long-term revenue growth rate range |  |  |  |  |  |  |
of the Company's markets | 1.0% to 2.0% |  | 1.0% to 2.0% |  | 1.5% to 2.0% |  | 1.5% to 2.0%
Market multiple used in the market |  |  |  |  |  |  |
valuation approach | 7.5x to 8.0x |  | 7.5x to 8.0x |  | 7.5x to 8.0x |  | 7.5x to 8.0x

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