ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND PRO FORMA SUMMARY (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of merger and acquisition costs

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2017		2016
	(amounts in thousands)
Merger and acquisition costs	$	10,271	$	-

Schedule of unaudited pro forma summary of financial information

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2017		2016
	(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
	Actual		Pro Forma
Net revenues	$	97,452	$	100,007
Net income (loss) available to the Company	$	(9,742)	$	3,033
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	(10,292)	$	2,620
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
per common share - basic	$	(0.26)	$	0.07
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
per common share - diluted	$	(0.26)	$	0.07
Weighted shares outstanding basic		38,910,322		38,477,724
Weighted shares outstanding diluted		38,910,322		39,259,540
Conversion of preferred stock for dilutive purposes

ScheduleOfRestructuringReserveByTypeOfCostTextBlock

	Three Months		Year
	Ended		Ended
	March 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
	(amounts in thousands)
Restructuring charges, beginning balance	$	650	$	1,686
Additions through accruals		-		-
Deductions through payments		(19)		(1,036)
Restructuring charges unpaid and outstanding		631		650
Less lease abandonment costs over a long-term period		(557)		(576)
Short-term restructuring charges unpaid and outstanding	$	74	$	74

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Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule Of Acquisition Valuation [Table Text Block]

	January 6,		Useful Lives In Years
Description	2017		From	To
	(amounts in
	thousands)
Assets
Land	$	2,539	non-depreciating
Buildings		217	15	25
Equipment		4,569	3	40
Total property plant and equipment		7,325
Deferred tax asset		287	life of underlying asset
Radio broadcasting licenses and goodwill		17,384	non-amortizing
Total assets		24,996
Liabilities
Unfavorable lease liabilities		735	over remaining lease life
Deferred tax liability		261	life of underlying liability
Total liabilities		996
Net assets	$	24,000