SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based

		Nine Months		Year
		Ended		Ended
		September 30,		December 31,
		2018		2017
		(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation of RSUs with Service And Market Conditions
	Beginning of period balance		650		630
	Number of RSUs granted		-		70
	Number of RSUs forfeited		(110)		-
	Number of RSUs vested		(314)		(50)
	End of period balance		226		650
	Weighted average fair value of RSUs granted
	with market conditions	$	-	$	9.81

Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
Option Exercise Data	2018		2017
	(amounts in thousands)
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$	418	$	58
Tax benefit from options exercised (1)	$	111	$	23
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised	$	68	$	22

Stock Option Valuation Assumptions

	Nine Months			Year
	Ended			Ended
	September 30,			December 31,
	2018		2017
Expected Volatility Term Structure (1)		-		54%
Risk-Free Interest Rate (2)		-		1.8%
Annual Dividend Payment Per Share (Constant) (3)	$	-	$	3.3%

Schedule Of significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options

				Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
				Number of	Weighted			Number of
				Options	Average	Weighted		Options	Weighted
Range of				Outstanding	Remaining	Average		Exercisable	Average
Exercise Prices				September 30,	Contractual	Exercise		September 30,	Exercise
From		To		2018	Life	Price		2018	Price
$	1.34	$	1.34	246,637	0.4	$	1.34	246,637	$	1.34
$	2.02	$	13.98	571,410	2.1	$	12.02	571,410	$	12.02
$	1.34	$	13.98	818,047	1.5	$	8.80	818,047	$	8.80

Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2018		2017
		(amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses	$	5,295	$	937
Corporate general and administrative expenses		6,126		3,692
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses		11,421		4,629
Income tax benefit (1)		2,385		1,528
After-tax stock-based compensation expense	$	9,036	$	3,101

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,
	2018		2017
	(amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses	$	1,653	$	360
Corporate general and administrative expenses		2,116		1,197
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses		3,769		1,557
Income tax benefit (1)		787		525
After-tax stock-based compensation expense	$	2,982	$	1,032

Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Restricted Stock Units, Vested and Expected to Vest

			Number			Weighted	Aggregate
			of	Weighted		Average	Intrinsic
			Restricted	Average		Remaining	Value as of
			Stock	Purchase		Contractual	September 30,
	Period Ended		Units	Price		Term (Years)	2018
RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2017		4,285,290
RSUs awarded			1,284,050
RSUs released			(1,492,544)
RSUs forfeited			(339,317)
RSUs outstanding as of:	September 30, 2018		3,737,479	$	-	1.4	$	28,782,654
RSUs vested and expected
to vest as of:	September 30, 2018		3,737,479	$	-	1.4	$	28,782,654
RSUs exercisable (vested and
deferred) as of:	September 30, 2018		48,880	$	-	-	$	376,376
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			2.1
Unamortized compensation
expense		$	25,909,972

Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding

						Weighted	Intrinsic
				Weighted		Average	Value
				Average		Remaining	as of
		Number of		Exercise		Contractual	September 30,
	Period Ended	Options		Price		Term (Years)	2018
Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2017		883,347	$	8.38
Options granted			-		-
Options exercised			(50,300)		1.34
Options forfeited			-		-
Options expired			(15,000)		9.30
Options outstanding as of:	September 30, 2018		818,047	$	8.80	1.5	$	1,592,166
Options vested and expected to
vest as of:	September 30, 2018		818,047	$	8.80	1.5	$	1,592,166
Options vested and exercisable as of:	September 30, 2018		818,047	$	8.80	1.5	$	1,592,166
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			-
Unamortized compensation expense		$	-