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TOWER SALE AND LEASEBACK (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Financing Method Lease Obligations [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Future Minimum Rental Payments For Operating Leases Table Text Block |
|  | Lease Maturities
|  | Operating Leases
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Years ending December 31: |  |
2019 |  | $ | 51,375
2020 |  |  | 50,504
2021 |  |  | 46,847
2022 |  |  | 41,457
2023 |  |  | 38,230
Thereafter |  |  | 165,905
Total lease payments |  | $ | 394,318

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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