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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract |
Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based |
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation of RSUs with Service And Market Conditions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Beginning of period balance |  |  | 650 |  |  | 630 |  |  | 390
| Number of RSUs granted |  |  | - |  |  | 70 |  |  | 470
| Number of RSUs forfeited |  |  | (110) |  |  | - |  |  | -
| Number of RSUs vested |  |  | (314) |  |  | (50) |  |  | (230)
| End of period balance |  |  | 226 |  |  | 650 |  |  | 630
| Weighted average fair value of RSUs granted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| with market conditions |  | $ | - |  | $ | 9.81 |  | $ | 7.34
Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
Option Issuance and Exercise Data |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (amounts in thousands except for per share and years)
|  | From |  | To |  | From |  | To |  | From |  | To
Exercise price range of options issued |  | $ | 1.34 |  | $ | 2.02 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | $ | 11.31 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | $ | 11.69
Upon vesting, period to exercise in years |  |  | 1 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 10
Fair value per share upon grant |  | $ | - |  |  |  |  | $ | 4.33 |  |  |  |  | $ | - |  |  |
Number of options granted |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 686 |  |  |  |  |  | - |  |  |
Intrinsic value per share upon exercise |  | $ | 7.33 |  |  |  |  | $ | 7.24 |  |  |  |  | $ | 12.21 |  |  |
Intrinsic value of options exercised |  | $ | 829 |  |  |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,678 |  |  |
Tax benefit from options exercised |  | $ | 220 |  |  |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  |  |  | $ | 636 |  |  |
Cash received from exercise price of |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
options exercised |  | $ | 152 |  |  |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  |  |  | $ | 265 |  |  |
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 |  | December 31, |  | Contractual |  | Exercise |  | December 31, |  | Exercise
From |  | To |  | 2018 |  | Life |  | Price |  | 2018 |  | Price
$ | 1.34 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | 184,800 |  | 0.1 |  | $ | 1.34 |  | 184,800 |  | $ | 1.34
$ | 4.76 |  | $ | 13.98 |  | 570,410 |  | 1.8 |  | $ | 12.04 |  | 570,410 |  | $ | 12.04
$ | 1.34 |  | $ | 13.98 |  | 755,210 |  | 1.4 |  | $ | 9.42 |  | 755,210 |  | $ | 9.42
Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses |  | $ | 6,855 |  | $ | 1,694 |  | $ | 1,363
Corporate general and administrative expenses |  |  | 8,294 |  |  | 7,873 |  |  | 5,176
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses |  |  | 15,149 |  |  | 9,567 |  |  | 6,539
Income tax benefit (1) |  |  | 3,160 |  |  | 3,328 |  |  | 2,321
After-tax stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 11,989 |  | $ | 6,239 |  | $ | 4,218
Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Vested And Released |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount
|  | (amounts in thousands, except per share)
RSUs issued |  |  | 1,292 |  | $ | 10,078 |  |  | 3,064 |  | $ | 35,628 |  |  | 1,123 |  | $ | 10,381
RSUs forfeited - service based |  |  | (396) |  |  | (1,228) |  |  | (379) |  |  | (1,117) |  |  | (27) |  |  | (280)
Net RSUs issued and increase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(decrease) to paid-in capital |  |  | 896 |  | $ | 8,850 |  |  | 2,685 |  | $ | 34,511 |  |  | 1,096 |  | $ | 10,101
Weighted average grant date |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
fair value per share |  | $ | 9.71 |  |  |  |  | $ | 13.42 |  |  |  |  | $ | 9.24 |  |  |
Fair value of shares vested per share |  | $ | 11.07 |  |  |  |  | $ | 10.76 |  |  |  |  | $ | 9.30 |  |  |
RSUs vested and released |  |  | 1,496 |  |  |  |  |  | 474 |  |  |  |  |  | 611 |  |  |
Resticted Stock Unit Valuation Assumptions |
| Years Ended
| December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Expected Volatility Structure (1) | - |  | 54% |  | 35% to 45%
Risk Free Interest Rate (2) | - |  | 1.8% |  | 0.4% to 1.1%
Annual Dividend Payment Per Share (Constant) (3) | - |  | 3.3% |  | 7.5%
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 |  | December 31,
| Period Ended |  |  | Units |  | Price |  | Term (Years) |  | 2018
| (amounts in thousands)
RSUs outstanding as of: | December 31, 2017 |  |  | 4,285 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs awarded |  |  |  | 1,292 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs released |  |  |  | (1,496) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs forfeited |  |  |  | (396) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs outstanding as of: | December 31, 2018 |  |  | 3,685 |  | $ | - |  | 1.1 |  | $ | 20,971
RSUs vested and expected |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
to vest as of: | December 31, 2018 |  |  | 3,685 |  | $ | - |  | 1.1 |  | $ | 20,971
RSUs exercisable (vested and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
deferred) as of: | December 31, 2018 |  |  | 49 |  | $ | - |  | - |  | $ | 278
Weighted average remaining |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
recognition period in years |  |  |  | 1.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
expense |  | $ | 22,458 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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 |  | December 31,
| Period Ended |  | Options |  | Price |  | Term (Years) |  | 2018
Options outstanding as of: | December 31, 2017 |  |  | 883,347 |  | $ | 8.38 |  |  |  |  |
Options granted |  |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Options exercised |  |  |  | (113,137) |  |  | 1.35 |  |  |  |  |
Options forfeited |  |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Options expired |  |  |  | (15,000) |  |  | 9.30 |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding as of: | December 31, 2018 |  |  | 755,210 |  | $ | 9.42 |  | 1.4 |  | $ | 789,550
Options vested and expected to |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
vest as of: | December 31, 2018 |  |  | 755,210 |  | $ | 9.42 |  | 1.4 |  | $ | 789,550
Options vested and exercisable as of: | December 31, 2018 |  |  | 755,210 |  | $ | 9.42 |  | 1.4 |  | $ | 789,550
Weighted average remaining |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
recognition period in years |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation expense |  |  | $ | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Text Block] |
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation of RSUs with Service and Performance |  |
Conditions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Beginning of period balance |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 29
| Number of RSUs granted |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | -
| Number of RSUs that did not meet criteria |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | (29)
| Number of RSUs vested |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | -
| Average fair value of RSUs granted with performance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| conditions |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | -

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