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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Summary of Changes in RSUs | The following is a summary of the changes in RSUs under the Plan during the current period:
| Period Ended |  | Number of Restricted Stock Units |  | Weighted Average Purchase Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value as of March 31, 2020
| (amounts in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs outstanding as of: | December 31, 2019 |  | 3,861 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs awarded | March 31, 2020 |  | 580 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs released | March 31, 2020 |  | (1,269) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs forfeited | March 31, 2020 |  | (139) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
RSUs outstanding as of: |  |  | 3,033 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 1.5 |  | $ | 4,913 |
RSUs vested and expected to vest as of: | March 31, 2020 |  | 3,033 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 1.5 |  | $ | 4,913 |
RSUs exercisable (vested and deferred) as of: | March 31, 2020 |  | 41 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 0 |  | $ | 67 |
Weighted average remaining recognition period in years |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation expense |  |  | $ | 16,106 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Stock Options Exercised | The following table provides summary information related to the exercise of stock options:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
Option Exercise Data |  | 2020 |  | 2019
|  | (amounts in thousands) |  |
Intrinsic value of options exercised |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,272 |
Tax benefit from options exercised (1) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 73 |
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 244 |
(1) | Amounts exclude any impact from any compensation expense subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, which is nondeductible for income tax purposes.
Schedule Of Option Activity | The following table presents the option activity during the current period under the Plan:
| Period Ended |  | Number of Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  | Intrinsic Value as of March 31 2020
| (amounts in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding as of: | December 31, 2019 |  | 543 |  |  | $ | 12.06 |  |  |  |  |
Options granted | March 31, 2020 |  | 66 |  |  | 5.40 |  |  |  |  |
Options exercised | March 31, 2020 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Options forfeited | March 31, 2020 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Options expired | March 31, 2020 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding as of: | March 31, 2020 |  | 609 |  |  | $ | 11.33 |  |  | 1.6 |  | $ | — |
Options vested and expected to vest as of: | March 31, 2020 |  | 609 |  |  | $ | 11.33 |  |  | 1.6 |  | $ | — |
Options vested and exercisable as of: | March 31, 2020 |  | 543 |  |  | $ | 12.06 |  |  | 0.6 |  | $ | — |
Weighted average remaining recognition period in years |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized compensation expense |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Significant Ranges of Outstanding and Exercisable Options | The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options as of the current period:
|  |  |  | Options Outstanding |  |  |  |  |  | Options Exercisable |  |
Range of Exercise Prices |  |  |  | Number of Options Outstanding March 31, 2020 |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Number of Options Exercisable March 31, 2020 |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
From |  | To |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
$ | 3.54 |  |  | 7.01 |  |  | 66,775 |  |  | 9.2 |  | 5.40 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
$ | 9.66 |  |  | 13.98 |  |  | 542,582 |  |  | 0.6 |  | 12.06 |  |  | 542,582 |  |  | $ | 12.06 |
$ | 3.54 |  |  | 13.98 |  |  | 609,357 |  |  | 1.6 |  | 11.33 |  |  | 542,582 |  |  | $ | 12.06 |
Schedule of Non-Cash Stock-Based Compensation Expense | The following non-cash stock-based compensation expense, which is related primarily to RSUs, is included in each of the respective line items in the Company’s statement of operations:
| Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019
| (amounts in thousands) |  |
Station operating expenses | $ | 502 |  |  | $ | 1,416 |
Corporate general and administrative expenses | 1,278 |  |  | 2,157 |
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses | 1,780 |  |  | 3,573 |
Income tax benefit (1) | 368 |  |  | 748 |
After-tax stock-based compensation expense | $ | 1,412 |  |  | $ | 2,825 |
(1) Amounts exclude impact from any compensation expense subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, which is nondeductible for income tax purposes.

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