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6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
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During the second quarter of 2015 the Company repurchased 1.1 million shares of its outstanding voting common stock at an average price of $16.44 for $19 million under the share repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. The share repurchase program expires on December 31, 2015.

The Company received $120 million of restricted cash in a qualified intermediary (a consolidated entity) from the 2014 sale of the WJAR-TV station discussed in Note 2. In June of 2015, the restricted cash was released from the qualified intermediary and remitted to the Company.

In April 2015, the Company acquired the remaining noncontrolling interest in the Dedicated Media subsidiary for a purchase price of $11 million. As a result of the transaction, Dedicated Media was 100% owned by the Company during the second quarter of 2015.

The Company also recorded $2.5 million and $5.6 million of non-operating gains in the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2015, respectively, related to the relocation of broadcast channels in the Lansing, Michigan and Austin, Texas markets.