ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND PRO FORMA SUMMARY (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of merger and acquisition costs

	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2017		2016
	(amounts in thousands)
Merger and acquisition costs	$	16,100	$	-

	Three Months Ended
	June 30,
	2017		2016
	(amounts in thousands)
Merger and acquisition costs	$	5,829	$	-

Schedule of unaudited pro forma summary of financial information

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(amounts in thousands except share and per share data)
	Pro Forma		Pro Forma		Pro Forma		Pro Forma
Net revenues	$	124,970	$	125,343	$	223,971	$	226,257
Net income (loss) available to the Company	$	6,326	$	11,011	$	(3,093)	$	13,985
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	5,776	$	10,599	$	(4,193)	$	13,160
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
per common share - basic	$	0.15	$	0.28	$	(0.11)	$	0.34
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
per common share - diluted	$	0.15	$	0.26	$	(0.11)	$	0.34
Weighted shares outstanding basic		38,944,620		38,468,822		38,935,161		38,462,998
Weighted shares outstanding diluted		39,655,599		41,130,418		38,935,161		39,273,532
Conversion of preferred stock for dilutive purposes
under the as if method	anti-dilutive		dilutive		anti-dilutive		anti-dilutive

ScheduleOfRestructuringReserveByTypeOfCostTextBlock

	Six Months		Year
	Ended		Ended
	June 30,		December 31,
	2017		2016
	(amounts in thousands)
Restructuring charges, beginning balance	$	650	$	1,686
Additions through accruals		-		-
Deductions through payments		(34)		(1,036)
Restructuring charges unpaid and outstanding		616		650
Less lease abandonment costs over a long-term period		(539)		(576)
Short-term restructuring charges unpaid and outstanding	$	77	$	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