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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Schedule of Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months
|  | Ended
Description |  | March 31, 2017
|  | (amounts in thousands) (unaudited)
Net revenues: |  |  |
Prior to revision |  | $ | 97,452
Revision |  |  | 1,549
As revised |  | $ | 99,001
Station operating expenses, including |  |  |
non-cash compensation expense: |  |  |
Prior to revision |  | $ | 75,617
Revision |  |  | 1,549
As revised |  | $ | 77,166
|  | Three Months Ended (unaudited) |  | Year Ended
|  | March 31, |  | June 30, |  | September 30, |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
Description |  | 2016
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Net revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior to revision |  | $ | 96,103 |  | $ | 120,478 |  | $ | 120,457 |  | $ | 123,207 |  | $ | 460,245
Revision |  |  | 906 |  |  | 1,093 |  |  | 1,184 |  |  | 1,343 |  |  | 4,526
As revised |  | $ | 97,009 |  | $ | 121,571 |  | $ | 121,641 |  | $ | 124,550 |  | $ | 464,771
Station operating expenses, including |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
non-cash compensation expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior to revision |  | $ | 71,715 |  | $ | 82,639 |  | $ | 82,905 |  | $ | 81,485 |  | $ | 318,744
Revision |  |  | 906 |  |  | 1,093 |  |  | 1,184 |  |  | 1,343 |  |  | 4,526
As revised |  | $ | 72,621 |  | $ | 83,732 |  | $ | 84,089 |  | $ | 82,828 |  | $ | 323,270
|  | Three Months Ended (unaudited) |  | Year Ended
|  | March 31, |  | June 30, |  | September 30, |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
Description |  | 2015
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Net Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior to revision |  | $ | 78,420 |  | $ | 100,592 |  | $ | 114,662 |  | $ | 117,704 |  | $ | 411,378
Revision |  |  | 589 |  |  | 730 |  |  | 874 |  |  | 910 |  |  | 3,103
As revised |  | $ | 79,009 |  | $ | 101,322 |  | $ | 115,536 |  | $ | 118,614 |  | $ | 414,481
Station operating expenses, including |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
non-cash compensation expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior to revision |  | $ | 59,367 |  | $ | 70,000 |  | $ | 81,241 |  | $ | 77,103 |  | $ | 287,711
Revision |  |  | 589 |  |  | 730 |  |  | 874 |  |  | 910 |  |  | 3,103
As revised |  | $ | 59,956 |  | $ | 70,730 |  | $ | 82,115 |  | $ | 78,013 |  | $ | 290,814

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