SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based

		Three Months		Year
		Ended		Ended
		March 31,		December 31,
		2019		2018
		(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Reconciliation of RSUs with Service And Market Conditions
	Beginning of period balance		226		650
	Number of RSUs granted		-		-
	Number of RSUs forfeited		(6)		(110)
	Number of RSUs vested		-		(314)
	End of period balance		220		226
	Weighted average fair value of RSUs granted
	with market conditions	$	-	$	-

Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Option Exercise Data	2019		2018
	(amounts in thousands)
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$	1,272	$	101
Tax benefit from options exercised (1)	$	73	$	27
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised	$	242	$	13

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				March 31,	Contractual	Exercise		March 31,	Exercise
From		To		2019	Life	Price		2019	Price
$	4.76	$	9.66	209,375	1.6	$	9.50	209,375	$	9.50
$	13.11	$	13.98	340,707	1.6	$	13.48	340,707	$	13.48
$	4.76	$	13.98	550,082	1.6	$	11.97	550,082	$	11.97

Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2019		2018
		(amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses	$	1,416	$	1,958
Corporate general and administrative expenses		2,157		1,955
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses		3,573		3,913
Income tax benefit (1)		748		816
After-tax stock-based compensation expense	$	2,825	$	3,097

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	March 31,
	Period Ended		Units	Price		Term (Years)	2019
	(amounts in thousands)
RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2018		3,685
RSUs awarded			1,489
RSUs released			(636)
RSUs forfeited			(83)
RSUs outstanding as of:	March 31, 2019		4,455	$	-	1.6	$	23,350
RSUs vested and expected
to vest as of:	March 31, 2019		4,455	$	-	1.6	$	23,347
RSUs exercisable (vested and
deferred) as of:	March 31, 2019		41	$	-	-	$	217
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			2.5
Unamortized compensation
expense		$	27,619

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	March 31,
	Period Ended	Options		Price		Term (Years)	2019
Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2018		755,210	$	9.42
Options granted			-		-
Options exercised			(180,300)		1.34
Options forfeited			-		-
Options expired			(24,828)		11.69
Options outstanding as of:	March 31, 2019		550,082	$	11.97	1.6	$	2,450
Options vested and expected to
vest as of:	March 31, 2019		550,082	$	11.97	1.6	$	2,450
Options vested and exercisable as of:	March 31, 2019		550,082	$	11.97	1.6	$	2,450
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			-
Unamortized compensation expense		$	-