ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND PRO FORMA SUMMARY (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of merger and acquisition costs

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2019		2018
	(amounts in thousands)
Costs to exit duplicative contracts	$	-	$	143
Workforce reduction		693		590
Lease abandonment costs		-		257
Other restructuring costs		321		491
Total restructuring charges	$	1,014	$	1,481

Schedule of unaudited pro forma summary of financial information

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2019		2018
	(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
	Actual		Pro Forma
Net revenues	$	309,005	$	305,425
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	3,125	$	(13,681)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	-	$	328
Net income (loss) available to the Company	$	3,125	$	(13,353)
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	3,125	$	(13,353)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
per common share - basic	$	0.02	$	(0.10)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
per common share - basic	$	-	$	-
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
per common share - basic	$	0.02	$	(0.10)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
per common share - diluted	$	0.02	$	(0.10)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
per common share - diluted	$	-	$	-
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
per common share - diluted	$	0.02	$	(0.10)
Weighted shares outstanding basic		138,099,180		138,939,309
Weighted shares outstanding diluted		138,523,371		138,939,309

Schedule of Restrucutring Reserve by Type

	Three Months		Twelve Months
	Ended		Ended
	March 31,		December 31,
	2019		2018
	(amounts in thousands)
Restructuring charges and lease abandonment costs, beginning balance	$	7,077	$	16,086
Additions resulting from the integration of CBS Radio		1,014		5,830
Payments		(2,659)		(14,839)
Restructuring charges and lease abandonment costs unpaid and outstanding		5,432		7,077
Restructuring charges and lease abandonment costs - noncurrent portion		(650)		(988)
Restructuring charges and lease abandonment costs - current portion	$	4,782	$	6,089

Emmis [Member]

Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule Of Acquisition Valuation [Table Text Block]

	Final Value
	(amounts in thousands)
Assets
Equipment	$	1,558
Total tangible property		1,558
Advertiser relationships		207
Advertising contracts		114
Radio broadcasting licenses		12,785
Goodwill		332
Other noncurrent assets		4
Total intangible and other assets		13,442
Total assets	$	15,000
Fair value of assets acquired	$	15,000

WBEB [Member]

Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule Of Acquisition Valuation [Table Text Block]

			Useful Lives in Years
	Preliminary Value		From	To
	(amounts in thousands)
Assets
Equipment	$	981	3	7
Total tangible property		981
Advertising contracts		477	1	1
Radio broadcasting licenses		27,346	non-amortizing
Goodwill		24,396	non-amortizing
Net working capital		3,234	not applicable
Total intangible and other assets		55,453
Total assets	$	56,434
Preliminary fair value of net assets acquired	$	56,434