CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS

CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS

Contingencies

The Company is subject to various outstanding claims which arise in the ordinary course of business and to other legal proceedings. Management anticipates that any potential liability of the Company, which may arise out of or with respect to these matters, will not materially affect the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. There were no material changes from the contingencies listed in the Company’s Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2020, except as described below.

FCC Matter

In January 2019, the Company received the first of three letters of inquiry from the FCC staff in response to a complaint from an individual who claimed to have purchased time on three Company stations in Buffalo, but was not charged the lowest unit rate. The Company cooperated with the FCC in this matter and timely responded to these letters of inquiry, which also addressed the timeliness of the Company’s compliance with respect to the political file record keeping obligations for its Buffalo stations. On October 10, 2019, the Company met with the FCC staff and was advised that the lowest unit rate inquiry was concluded. At the same meeting, however, the FCC staff advised the Company that it had separately conducted a more extensive investigation into the timeliness of the Company’s compliance with respect to the political file record keeping obligations for all of the Company’s stations. The Company is in discussions with the FCC staff with respect to this investigation. The Company has assessed the FCC staff’s allegations with respect to the Company’s compliance with these filing obligations and the underlying facts and will continue to cooperate with the FCC and engage in discussions as to a potential conclusion or settlement of the matter. The Company is unable to reasonably estimate the ultimate outcome that will result from this matter at this time. The Company determined that this matter had an immaterial impact on the prior and current periods. The Company does not currently expect that the final resolution of this matter in future periods will have a material effect on the financial position of the Company. However, it is reasonably possible that such a resolution could have a material effect on the Company's results of operations for a given reporting period.