SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based

			Three Months			Year
			Ended			Ended
			March 31,			December 31,
			2018			2017
			(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
			(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation of RSUs with Service And Market Conditions
	Beginning of period balance			650			630
	Number of RSUs granted			-			70
	Number of RSUs forfeited			(110)			-
	Number of RSUs vested			-			(50)
	End of period balance			540			650
	Weighted average fair value of RSUs granted
	with market conditions		$	-		$	9.81

Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure

		Three Months Ended March 31,
Option Exercise Data		2018			2017
		(amounts in thousands)

Intrinsic value of options exercised		$	101		$	50
Tax benefit from options exercised ⁽¹⁾		$	27		$	20
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised		$	13		$	5

Stock Option Valuation Assumptions

		Three Months				Year
		Ended				Ended
		March 31,				December 31,
		2018			2017

Expected Volatility Term Structure ⁽¹⁾			-			54%
Risk-Free Interest Rate ⁽²⁾			-			1.8%
Annual Dividend Payment Per Share (Constant) ⁽³⁾		$	-		$	3.3%

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						March 31,		Contractual		Exercise			March 31,		Exercise
From			To			2018		Life		Price			2018		Price
$	1.34		$	1.34		290,437		0.9		$	1.34		290,437		$	1.34
$	2.02		$	13.98		571,410		2.6		$	12.02		571,410		$	12.02
$	1.34		$	13.98		861,847		2.0		$	8.42		861,847		$	8.42

Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2018			2017
			(amounts in thousands)

Station operating expenses		$	1,958		$	204
Corporate general and administrative expenses			1,955			1,389
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses			3,913			1,593
Income tax benefit ⁽¹⁾			816			508
After-tax stock-based compensation expense		$	3,097		$	1,085

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		March 31,
	Period Ended			Units		Price			Term (Years)		2018

RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2017			4,285,290
RSUs awarded				28,700
RSUs released				(946,187)
RSUs forfeited				(186,485)
RSUs outstanding as of:	March 31, 2018			3,181,318		$	-		1.4		$	30,223,813
RSUs vested and expected
to vest as of:	March 31, 2018			3,181,318		$	-		1.3		$	30,223,813
RSUs exercisable (vested and
deferred) as of:	March 31, 2018			48,880		$	-		-		$	464,360
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years				2.0
Unamortized compensation
expense			$	28,135,832

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		March 31,
	Period Ended		Options			Price			Term (Years)		2018

Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2017			883,347		$	8.38
Options granted				-			-
Options exercised				(10,000)			1.34
Options forfeited				-			-
Options expired				(11,500)			11.72
Options outstanding as of:	March 31, 2018			861,847		$	8.42		2.0		$	2,408,821
Options vested and expected to
vest as of:	March 31, 2018			861,847		$	8.42		2.0		$	2,408,821
Options vested and exercisable as of:	March 31, 2018			861,847		$	8.42		2.0		$	2,408,821
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years				-
Unamortized compensation expense			$	-