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| BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND EXCHANGES | BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND EXCHANGES The Company records acquisitions under the acquisition method of accounting, and allocates the purchase price to the assets and liabilities based upon their respective fair values as determined as of the acquisition date. Merger and acquisition costs are excluded from the purchase price as these costs are expensed as incurred for book purposes and amortized for tax purposes. 2023 Dispositions During the first quarter of 2023, the Company completed the sale of tower assets for $16.9 million. The Company recognized a gain on the sale, net of commissions and other expenses, of $12.4 million. 2022 Dispositions During the second quarter of 2022, the Company entered into an agreement with a third party to dispose of land, and equipment in Houston, Texas. In aggregate, these assets had a carrying value of approximately $4.2 million. In the third quarter of 2022, the Company completed this sale. The Company recognized a gain on the sale, net of commissions and other expenses, of approximately $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2022. During the third quarter of 2022, the Company entered into an agreement to dispose of land and equipment in Nevada. On November 2, 2022 the Company completed the sale of land and equipment for $39.1 million cash and reported a gain of approximately $35.3 million. Beasley Exchange On December 22, 2022, the Company completed a transaction with Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC and Beasley Media Group, LLC. ("Beasley") in which the Company exchanged its Station KXTE located in Pahrump, Nevada for Beasley's Station KDWN located in Las Vegas, Nevada (the "Beasley Vegas Exchange"). The Company and Beasley began programming the respective stations under local marketing agreements ("LMAs") on November 14, 2022. During the period of the LMAs, the Company's consolidated financial statements excluded net revenues and station operating expenses associated with station KXTE (the "divested station") and included net revenues and station operating expenses associated with station KDWN (the "acquired station"). Upon completion of the Beasley Vegas Exchange, the Company: (i) removed from its consolidated balance sheet the assets of the divested station; (ii) recorded the assets of the acquired station at fair value; and (iii) recognized a loss on the exchange of approximately $2.0 million. The allocations presented in the table below are based upon management's estimate of the fair values using valuation techniques including income, cost and market approaches. The following table reflects the final allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired.
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