10-Q

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from__________ to __________

Commission File No.: 000-09881

SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia	54-1162807
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

500 Shentel Way, Edinburg, Virginia    22824

(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)

(540) 984-4141

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:

Common Stock (No Par Value)	SHEN	NASDAQ Global Select Market	49,842,000
(Title of Class)	(Trading Symbol)	(Name of Exchange on which Registered)	(The number of shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding on April 24, 2020)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☒   No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).   Yes ☒   No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer  ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐    No  ☒

SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

INDEX

		Page Numbers
PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	4
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity	5
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	18
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	27
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	27
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	27
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	29
Item 6.	Exhibits	30
	Signatures	31

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	120,232		$	101,651
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $410 and $533, respectively	61,526			63,541
Income taxes receivable	8,157			10,306
Inventory, net of allowances of $71 and $66, respectively	7,071			5,728
Prepaid expenses and other	60,923			60,527
Total current assets	257,909			241,753
Investments	12,011			12,388
Property, plant and equipment, net	695,920			701,514
Intangible assets, net	299,458			314,147
Goodwill	149,070			149,070
Operating lease right-of-use assets	382,973			392,589
Deferred charges and other assets	53,436			53,352
Total assets	$	1,850,777		$	1,864,813
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt, net of unamortized loan fees	$	31,672		$	31,650
Accounts payable	30,384			40,295
Advanced billings and customer deposits	8,414			8,358
Accrued compensation	5,787			10,075
Current operating lease liabilities	44,204			42,567
Accrued liabilities and other	19,183			14,391
Total current liabilities	139,644			147,336
Long-term debt, less current maturities, net of unamortized loan fees	680,531			688,464
Other long-term liabilities:
Deferred income taxes	137,674			137,567
Asset retirement obligations	37,422			36,914
Benefit plan obligations	11,980			12,675
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities	343,723			352,439
Other liabilities	19,153			16,990
Total other long-term liabilities	549,952			556,585
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, no par value, authorized 96,000; 49,842 and 49,671 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively	—			—
Additional paid in capital	43,158			42,110
Retained earnings	443,290			430,010
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes	(5,798		)	308
Total shareholders’ equity	480,650			472,428
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	1,850,777		$	1,864,813

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenue:	2020			2019
Service revenue and other	$	140,188		$	143,231
Equipment revenue	13,000			15,612
Total revenue	153,188			158,843
Operating expenses:
Cost of services	49,565			49,518
Cost of goods sold	12,671			14,637
Selling, general and administrative	30,991			28,722
Depreciation and amortization	36,911			41,179
Total operating expenses	130,138			134,056
Operating income	23,050			24,787
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(6,211		)	(7,954		)
Other	733			1,287
Income before income taxes	17,572			18,120
Income tax expense	4,292			4,210
Net income	13,280			13,910
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized loss on interest rate hedge, net of tax	(6,106		)	(2,728		)
Comprehensive income	$	7,174		$	11,182
Net income per share, basic and diluted:
Basic net income per share	$	0.27		$	0.28
Diluted net income per share	$	0.27		$	0.28
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic	49,888			49,775
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted	50,036			50,115

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(in thousands)
	Shares of Common Stock (no par value)		Additional Paid in Capital			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total
Balance, December 31, 2019	49,671		$	42,110		$	430,010	$	308		$	472,428
Net income	—		—			13,280		—			13,280
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	—		—			—		(6,106		)	(6,106		)
Stock based compensation	137		2,985			—		—			2,985
Common stock issued	—		8			—		—			8
Shares retired for settlement of employee taxes upon issuance of vested equity awards	(42	)	(1,945		)	—		—			(1,945		)
Common stock issued to acquire non-controlling interest in nTelos	76		—			—		—			—
Balance, March 31, 2020	49,842		$	43,158		$	443,290	$	(5,798	)	$	480,650
	Shares of Common Stock (no par value)		Additional Paid in Capital			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total
Balance, December 31, 2018	49,630		$	47,456		$	388,496	$	8,280		$	444,232
Net income	—		—			13,910		—			13,910
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	—		—			—		(2,728		)	(2,728		)
Stock based compensation	167		1,802			—		—			1,802
Stock options exercised	28		175			—		—			175
Common stock issued	—		8			—		—			8
Shares retired for settlement of employee taxes upon issuance of vested equity awards	(57	)	(2,800		)	—		—			(2,800		)
Common stock issued to acquire non-controlling interest in nTelos	76		—			—		—			—
Balance, March 31, 2019	49,844		$	46,641		$	402,406	$	5,552		$	454,599

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	13,280		$	13,910
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	32,468			35,520
Amortization of intangible assets	4,868			5,659
Accretion of asset retirement obligations	404			350
Bad debt expense	205			367
Stock based compensation expense, net of amount capitalized	2,905			1,714
Deferred income taxes	2,135			(3,378		)
Gain from patronage and investments	(339		)	(1,140		)
Amortization of long-term debt issuance costs	674			963
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	2,543			(3,127		)
Inventory, net	(1,343		)	(1,975		)
Current income taxes	2,149			7,588
Operating lease right-of-use assets	12,939			7,779
Waived management fee	9,798			9,628
Other assets	(3,489		)	(1,460		)
Accounts payable	(4,400		)	4,641
Lease liabilities	(10,402		)	(9,662		)
Other deferrals and accruals	(3,287		)	(5,714		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	61,108			61,663
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Capital expenditures	$	(32,299	)	(44,420		)
Cash disbursed for acquisitions	—			(10,000		)
Proceeds from sale of assets and other	274			45
Net cash used in investing activities	(32,025		)	(54,375		)
Cash flows used in financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	$	(8,530	)	(19,889		)
Taxes paid for equity award issuances	(1,945		)	(2,698		)
Other	(27		)	72
Net cash used in financing activities	(10,502		)	(22,515		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	18,581			(15,227		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	101,651			85,086
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	120,232		$	69,859

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1.  Basis of Presentation and Other Information

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. All normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Certain disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) have been omitted. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The preparation of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingencies at the date of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements. These estimates are inherently subject to judgment and actual results could differ.

T-Mobile Acquisition of Sprint

On April 1, 2020, T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) announced the completion of its business combination with Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) and subsequently delivered to the Company a notice of Network Technology Conversion, Brand Conversion and Combination Conversion (a “Conversion Notice”) pursuant to the terms of our affiliate agreement. The affiliate agreement provides for a 90-day period following receipt of the Conversion Notice for the parties to negotiate mutually agreeable terms and conditions under which the Company would continue as an affiliate of T-Mobile. The affiliate agreement further provides that, if T-Mobile and the Company have not negotiated a mutually acceptable agreement within the 90-day period, then T-Mobile would have a period of 60 days thereafter to exercise an option to purchase the assets of our Wireless operations for 90% of the "Entire Business Value," (as defined under our affiliate agreement). If T-Mobile does not exercise its purchase option, the Company would then have a 60-day period to exercise an option to purchase the legacy T-Mobile network and subscribers in our service area. If the Company does not exercise its purchase option, T-Mobile must sell or decommission its legacy network and customers in our service area. The outcome of these proceedings could significantly impact our business operations and financial statements.

COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. While we do not operate in the densely populated urban markets that have been most-affected by the pandemic, our postpaid gross additions, equipment revenue, and cost of goods sold decreased as stay-at-home directives led to the temporary closure of approximately 40% of our Sprint-branded retail stores in mid-March.

Our wireless and broadband internet services are essential during a time of social distancing. Nonetheless, national unemployment rates increased markedly in April. Sprint also adopted the Keep Americans Connected pledge and T-Mobile chose to change subscriber collection policies following its April 1, 2020 acquisition of Sprint. It is reasonably possible that these risks and uncertainties could impact the collectability of our accounts receivable and revenue. It is also reasonably possible that they could impact the measurement of our wireless segment’s contract asset, which is reduced by an estimated refund obligation for amounts that T-Mobile is later unable to collect from its subscribers. We update that estimate based upon trends in our refund experience. To-date, our collection experience and expected credit losses have not been materially affected. We will continue to monitor the impacts of this unprecedented pandemic and will prospectively revise our estimates as appropriate.

We do not currently anticipate any material impairments of our long-lived assets or of our indefinite-lived intangible assets as a result of COVID-19.

Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements

In connection with the preparation of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020, we determined that certain errors existed in our previously issued financial statements. Specifically:

• Prepaid and other assets, as of December 31, 2019, were understated by $2.7 million, deferred tax liabilities were understated by $0.7 million, and retained earnings were understated by $2.0 million as the result of a failure to properly account for handsets that were utilized as demo phones in certain wireless retail stores within our area of operation. All of the impact to retained earnings is attributable to 2017 and prior years.

• Property, plant and equipment, net, and deferred income tax liabilities as of December 31, 2019 were understated by $1.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Depreciation expense was overstated by $1.4 million for the year and quarter ended

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December 31, 2019. Income tax expense and net income were understated by $0.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2019.

We evaluated these errors under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC's") authoritative guidance on materiality and the quantification of the effect of prior period misstatements on financial statements, and we have determined that the impact of these errors on our prior period consolidated financial statements is immaterial. However, since the correction of these errors in the first quarter of 2020 could have become material to our results of operations for the year ending December 31, 2020, we revised our prior period financial statements to correct these errors herein. For the year and quarter ended December 31, 2019, the correction of these errors resulted in a $0.02 increase in both basic and diluted earnings per share.

Adoption of New Accounting Principles

There have been no developments related to recently issued accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and note disclosures, from those disclosed in the Company's 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, that would be expected to impact the Company except for the following:

The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses ("ASC 326"): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, as of January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective transition method. ASC 326 requires the application of a current expected credit loss (“CECL”) impairment model to financial assets measured at amortized cost including trade accounts receivable, net investments in leases, and certain off-balance-sheet credit exposures. Under the CECL model, lifetime expected credit losses on such financial assets are measured and recognized at each reporting date based on historical, current, and forecasted information. Furthermore, the CECL model requires financial assets with similar risk characteristics to be analyzed on a collective basis. There was no significant impact to condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

The Company adopted ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software ("ASC 350"): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract, as of January 1, 2020. ASC 350 aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. Upon adoption of the standard, implementation costs were capitalized in the period incurred and will be amortized over the term of the hosting arrangement. There was no significant impact to condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

Note 2. Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Refer to Note 13, Segment Reporting, for a summary of our revenue streams, which are discussed further below.

Wireless Segment Revenue

Under our affiliate agreement with Sprint, we have historically earned and recognized monthly revenue of $1.5 million for providing service to Sprint customers who pass through our network area ("travel revenue"). While we continue to provide these services to Sprint, the agreed upon payments were suspended by Sprint on April 30, 2019. Accordingly, we have ceased recognizing revenue for the services provided after that date until a new prospective fee can be agreed. We have triggered the final dispute resolution option with Sprint which we expect will lead to a resolution for travel fee revenue in the second quarter of 2020.

Below is a summary of the Wireless segment's contract asset:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	84,663		$	65,674
Contract payments	18,245			18,151
Contract amortization against revenue	(16,710		)	(13,454		)
Ending Balance	$	86,198		$	70,371

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Our Wireless contract asset is reduced by an estimated obligation to refund amounts that Sprint is later unable to collect from its subscribers. This refund obligation totaled $7.0 million at both March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Broadband Segment Revenue

Below is a summary of the Broadband segment's capitalized contract acquisition costs:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	11,005		$	10,091
Contract payments	1,685			1,699
Contract amortization	(1,027		)	(1,381		)
Ending Balance	$	11,663		$	10,409

Future performance obligations

On March 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $3.2 million allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations that will be satisfied at the rate of approximately $0.8 million per year.

Note 3.  Investments

Investments consist of the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
SERP Investments at fair value	$	1,706	$	2,278
Cost method investments	9,739		9,497
Equity method investments	566		613
Total investments	$	12,011	$	12,388

SERP Investments at fair value: The Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) is a benefit plan that provides deferred compensation to certain employees. The Company holds the related investments in a rabbi trust as a source of funding for future payments under the plan. The SERP’s investments were designated as trading securities and will be liquidated and paid out to the participants upon retirement. The benefit obligation to participants is always equal to the value of the SERP assets under ASC 710 Compensation. Changes to the investments fair value are presented in Other income (expense), while the reciprocal changes in the liability are presented in selling, general and administrative expense.

Cost Method Investments:  Our investment in CoBank’s Class A common stock represented substantially all of our cost method investments with a balance of $9.0 million and $8.7 million at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. We recognized approximately $1.0 million and $0.9 million of patronage income in Other income (expense) in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Historically, approximately 75% of the patronage distributions were in cash and 25% in equity.

Equity Method Investments: At March 31, 2020, the Company had a 20.0% ownership interest in Valley Network Partnership (“ValleyNet”). The Company and ValleyNet purchase capacity on one another’s fiber network. We recognized revenue of $0.2 million from providing service to ValleyNet during both of the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. We recognized cost of service of $0.8 million and $0.7 million for the use of ValleyNet’s network during both of the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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Note 4.  Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

($ in thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives				March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Land					$	7,143	$	6,976
Buildings and structures	10	-	40	years	238,728		232,730
Cable and fiber	15	-	40	years	348,658		334,260
Equipment and software	3	-	20	years	870,089		867,898
Plant in service					1,464,618		1,441,864
Plant under construction					59,097		56,827
Total property, plant and equipment					1,523,715		1,498,691
Less: accumulated amortization and depreciation					827,795		797,177
Property, plant and equipment, net					$	695,920	$	701,514

Note 5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

There were no changes to goodwill during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Other intangible assets consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2020							December 31, 2019
(in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net
Indefinite-lived intangibles:
Cable franchise rights	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334
FCC spectrum licenses	13,839		—			13,839		13,839		—			13,839
Railroad crossing rights	141		—			141		141		—			141
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	78,314		—			78,314		78,314		—			78,314
Finite-lived intangibles:
Sprint affiliate contract expansion - Wireless	455,305		(241,231		)	214,074		455,305		(226,712		)	228,593
FCC spectrum licenses	4,659		(160		)	4,499		4,659		(97		)	4,562
Acquired subscribers - Cable	28,065		(25,700		)	2,365		28,065		(25,600		)	2,465
Other intangibles	463		(257		)	206		463		(250		)	213
Total finite-lived intangibles	488,492		(267,348		)	221,144		488,492		(252,659		)	235,833
Total intangible assets	$	566,806	$	(267,348	)	$	299,458	$	566,806	$	(252,659	)	$	314,147

We acquired Big Sandy Broadband, Inc. (“Big Sandy”) on February 28, 2019. The $10 million acquisition price was allocated as follows within our broadband segment: $4.6 million of property, plant and equipment; $2.8 million of subscriber relationships; and $2.6 million of goodwill.

In 2016, we acquired nTelos Holdings Corp. and immediately transferred certain of the acquired assets to Sprint in an interrelated nonmonetary exchange. In the exchange, we received a corresponding expansion of our Sprint Affiliate Area, future billings associated with Sprint subscribers already in that expanded area, and an increase in the price that Sprint would pay to buy our Wireless asset group in the event that either party chooses not to renew the affiliate agreement. Sprint also agreed to waive up to $4.2 million of our monthly management fee, not to exceed $255.6 million in total, over a multi-year period. We accounted for these collective rights as an affiliate contract expansion (“ACE”) intangible, which is amortized over the expected benefit period and further reduced as management fees are waived by Sprint. We realized management fee waivers of $9.8 million and

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$9.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $147.0 million since the date of the business combination.

During 2017 and 2018, we entered into purchase agreements with Sprint to further expand our affiliate territory to include areas around Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia, respectively. The relevant portion of these payments were also capitalized as ACE intangible assets.

Amounts paid in connection with the acquisition of a business are presented as amortization expense in our income statement. Amounts paid to Sprint outside of a business combination are accounted for as consideration paid to a customer with amortization presented as a reduction of Service and other revenue in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Amortization of intangible assets was $4.9 million and $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Note 6.     Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities

Prepaid expenses and other, classified as current assets, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Wireless contract asset	$	46,552	$	44,844
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	4,029		4,898
Prepaid maintenance expenses	3,252		3,329
Interest rate swaps	—		1,382
Other	7,090		6,074
Prepaid expenses and other	$	60,923	$	60,527

Deferred charges and other assets, classified as long-term assets, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Wireless contract asset	$	39,646	$	39,819
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	7,634		6,107
Interest rate swaps	—		1,252
Prepaid expenses and other	6,156		6,174
Deferred charges and other assets	$	53,436	$	53,352

Accrued liabilities and other, classified as current liabilities, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Sales and property taxes payable	$	5,259	$	3,789
Accrued programming costs	3,053		3,023
Interest rate swaps	2,731		—
Asset retirement obligations	137		148
Financing leases	97		94
FCC spectrum license obligations	28		105
Other current liabilities	7,878		7,232
Accrued liabilities and other	$	19,183	$	14,391

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Other liabilities, classified as long-term liabilities, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Noncurrent portion of deferred lease revenue	$	12,291	$	12,449
FCC spectrum license obligations	1,703		1,699
Noncurrent portion of financing leases	1,543		1,591
Interest rate swaps	2,769		—
Other	847		1,251
Other liabilities	$	19,153	$	16,990

Market expectations of the projected London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) decreased significantly during the first quarter of 2020, which drove the fair value of our interest rate swaps to a liability. Refer to Note 9, Derivatives and Hedging for more information.

Note 7. Leases

At March 31, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of nine years and a weighted average discount rate of 4.3%. Our finance leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of fifteen years and a weighted average discount rate of 5.1%.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we recognized $17.8 million and $16.9 million of operating lease expense, respectively. We recognized $0.1 million of interest and depreciation expense on finance leases during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. Operating lease expense is presented in cost of service or selling, general and administrative expense based on the use of the relevant facility. Variable lease payments and short-term lease expense were both immaterial. We remitted $15.5 million and $14.7 million of operating lease payments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We also obtained $3.3 million and $4.6 million of leased assets in exchange for new operating lease liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The following table summarizes the expected maturity of lease liabilities at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases		Finance Leases		Total
2020	$	45,222	$	108	$	45,330
2021	66,042		174		66,216
2022	64,256		174		64,430
2023	60,770		174		60,944
2024	56,105		174		56,279
2025 and thereafter	191,726		1,532		193,258
Total lease payments	484,121		2,336		486,457
Less: Interest	96,194		696		96,890
Present value of lease liabilities	$	387,927	$	1,640	$	389,567

We recognized $2.1 million and $2.0 million of operating lease revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the cell site colocation space and dedicated fiber optic strands that we lease to our customers, which is included in Service and other revenue in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Substantially all of our lease revenue relates to fixed lease payments.

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Below is a summary of our minimum rental receipts under the lease agreements in place at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases
2020	$	5,527
2021	5,775
2022	4,742
2023	3,112
2024	1,915
2025 and thereafter	4,192
Total	$	25,263

Note 8.  Long-Term Debt

Our syndicated Credit Agreement includes a $75 million, five-year undrawn revolving credit facility, as well as the following outstanding term loans:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Term loan A-1	$	251,288	$	258,571
Term loan A-2	472,221		473,469
	723,509		732,040
Less: unamortized loan fees	11,306		11,926
Total debt, net of unamortized loan fees	$	712,203	$	720,114

Term Loan A-1 bears interest at one-month LIBOR plus a margin of 1.50%, while Term Loan A-2 bears interest at one-month LIBOR plus a margin of 1.75%. LIBOR resets monthly. Our cash payments for interest were $5.8 million and $7.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

As shown below, as of March 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants in its credit agreements.

 

	Actual		Covenant Requirement
Total leverage ratio	2.41		3.25	or Lower
Debt service coverage ratio	5.48		2.00	or Higher
Minimum liquidity balance (in millions)	$	195.0	$25.0	or Higher

Note 9.  Derivatives and Hedging

The Company's interest rate swaps are pay-fixed (1.16%), receive-variable (one month LIBOR) that hedged approximately 45.4% of outstanding debt with outstanding notional amounts totaling $328.7 and $339.8 million March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. 

The fair value of these instruments was estimated using an income approach and observable market inputs. The hedge was determined to be highly effective and therefore all of the change in its fair value was recognized through Other comprehensive income. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 the fair market value decreased by $8.1 million due to a decline in the one month LIBOR. They were presented as follows:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Balance sheet location of derivative financial instruments:
Prepaid expenses and other	$	—	$	1,382
Deferred charges and other assets, net	—		1,252
Accrued liabilities and other	2,731		—
Other liabilities	2,769		—
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	$	5,500	$	2,634

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The table below summarizes changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component:

(in thousands)	Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges			Income Tax (Expense) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of taxes
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2,634		$	(2,326	)	$	308
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)	(7,706		)	1,921			(5,785		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense	(428		)	107			(321		)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(8,134		)	2,028			(6,106		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(5,500	)	$	(298	)	$	(5,798	)

Note 10.  Income Taxes

The Company files U.S. federal income tax returns and various state income tax returns. The Company is not subject to any state or federal income tax audits as of March 31, 2020. The Company's returns are generally open to examination from 2016 forward and the net operating losses acquired in the acquisition of nTelos are open to examination from 2002 forward.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was approximately 24.4%, as compared with approximately 23.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The Company had no significant cash payments or refunds for income taxes during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

Note 11.  Stock Compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company granted approximately 70 thousand restricted stock units (RSUs) to employees and approximately 14 thousand RSUs to members of the board of directors, at a market price of $48.47 per award. Under the terms of the award agreements, the RSUs granted to employees vest in fourths on the anniversary date of the grants through 2024. The RSUs granted to the members of the board of directors vest fully on the first anniversary of the grant date. Additionally, approximately 40 thousand Relative Total Shareholder Return (“RTSR”) awards were granted to employees at a value of $56.32 per award. Pursuant to the terms of the RTSR awards, the Company’s stock performance over a three-year period, ending December 31, 2022, will be compared to a group of peer companies, and the actual number of shares to be issued will be determined based upon the performance of the Company’s stock as compared with that of the peer group. The actual number of shares to be issued ranges from 0 shares (if the Company’s stock performance is in the bottom 25% of the peer group) to 150% of the awards granted (if the Company’s stock performance is in the top 25% of the peer group). The Company's stock based compensation award vesting is subject to requirements relating to continued employment with the Company through the service or performance periods, and to special vesting provisions in case of a change of control, death, disability or retirement.

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We utilize the treasury stock method to calculate the impact on diluted earnings per share that potentially dilutive stock-based compensation awards have. The following table indicates the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2020		2019
Calculation of net income per share:
Net income	$	13,280	$	13,910
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	49,888		49,775
Basic net income per share	$	0.27	$	0.28
Effect of stock-based compensation awards outstanding:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	49,888		49,775
Effect from dilutive shares and options outstanding	148		340
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	50,036		50,115
Diluted net income per share	$	0.27	$	0.28

There were fewer than 125 thousand anti-dilutive awards outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

Note 12.  Commitments and Contingencies

We are committed to make payments to satisfy our lease liabilities and long-term debt. The scheduled payments under those obligations are summarized in the respective notes above. We are also committed to make annual payments of approximately $108.0 thousand on our FCC spectrum license obligation through 2039.

The Company is subject to claims and legal actions that may arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not believe that any of these pending claims or legal actions are either probable or reasonably possible of a material loss.

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Note 13.  Segment Reporting

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	74,928	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	74,928
Prepaid	13,109		—		—		—			13,109
Tower lease	—		—		1,797		—			1,797
Cable, residential and SMB (1)	—		34,943		—		—			34,943
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		5,488		—		—			5,488
Rural local exchange carrier	—		4,756		—		—			4,756
Travel, installation, and other	3,351		1,816		—		—			5,167
Service revenue and other	91,388		47,003		1,797		—			140,188
Equipment	12,750		250		—		—			13,000
Total external revenue	104,138		47,253		1,797		—			153,188
Revenue from other segments	—		2,533		1,933		(4,466		)	—
Total revenue	104,138		49,786		3,730		(4,466		)	153,188
Operating expenses
Cost of services	33,439		19,243		939		(4,056		)	49,565
Cost of goods sold	12,528		143		—		—			12,671
Selling, general and administrative	9,428		9,499		526		11,538			30,991
Depreciation and amortization	25,299		10,871		470		271			36,911
Total operating expenses	80,694		39,756		1,935		7,753			130,138
Operating income (loss)	$	23,444	$	10,030	$	1,795	$	(12,219	)	$	23,050

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(1)  SMB refers to Small and Medium Businesses.

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2019: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	76,182	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	76,182
Prepaid	13,130		—		—		—			13,130
Tower lease	—		—		1,763		—			1,763
Cable, residential and SMB	—		32,426		—		—			32,426
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		4,828		—		—			4,828
Rural local exchange carrier	—		5,238		—		—			5,238
Travel, installation, and other	8,018		1,646		—		—			9,664
Service revenue and other	97,330		44,138		1,763		—			143,231
Equipment	15,291		321		—		—			15,612
Total external revenue	112,621		44,459		1,763		—			158,843
Revenue from other segments	—		2,422		1,270		(3,692		)	—
Total revenue	112,621		46,881		3,033		(3,692		)	158,843
Operating expenses
Cost of services	32,532		19,061		946		(3,021		)	49,518
Cost of goods sold	14,427		211		—		(1		)	14,637
Selling, general and administrative	11,079		7,569		283		9,791			28,722
Depreciation and amortization	30,370		9,991		680		138			41,179
Total operating expenses	88,408		36,832		1,909		6,907			134,056
Operating income (loss)	$	24,213	$	10,049	$	1,124	$	(10,599	)	$	24,787

A reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ operating income to consolidated income before taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Total consolidated operating income	$	23,050		$	24,787
Interest expense	(6,211		)	(7,954		)
Other	733			1,287
Income before income taxes	$	17,572		$	18,120

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This management’s discussion and analysis includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. When used in this report, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions as they relate to Shenandoah Telecommunications Company or its management are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. All statements regarding Shenandoah Telecommunications Company’s expected future financial position and operating results, business strategy, financing plans, forecasted trends relating to the markets in which Shenandoah Telecommunications Company operates and similar matters, including information concerning our response to COVID-19, are forward-looking statements. We cannot assure you that the Company’s expectations expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements will turn out to be correct. The Company’s actual results could be materially different from its expectations because of various factors, that may include natural disasters, pandemics and outbreaks of contagious diseases and other adverse public health developments, such as COVID-19, natural disasters, changes in general economic conditions, increases in costs, changes in regulation and other competitive factors. Updates to the Risk Factors described in “Item 1A-Risk Factors” as provided in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, may be found below in Part II, under the heading “Item 1A-Risk Factors.

The following management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, including the consolidated financial statements and related notes included therein.

Overview

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (“Shentel”, “we”, “our”, “us”, or the “Company”), is a provider of a comprehensive range of wireless and broadband communications products and services in the Mid-Atlantic portion of the United States. Management’s Discussion and Analysis is organized around our reporting segments. Refer to Note 13, Segment Reporting, in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

2020 Developments

T-Mobile business combination with Sprint: On April 1, 2020, T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) announced the completion of its business combination with Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) and subsequently delivered to the Company a notice of Network Technology Conversion, Brand Conversion and Combination Conversion (a “Conversion Notice”) pursuant to the terms of the Company’s affiliate agreement with Sprint. As described in more detail in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Wireless segment has been an affiliate of Sprint since 1995.

The affiliate agreement provides for a 90-day period following receipt of the Conversion Notice for the parties to negotiate mutually agreeable terms and conditions under which the Company would continue as an affiliate of T-Mobile. The affiliate agreement further provides that, if T-Mobile and the Company have not negotiated a mutually acceptable agreement within the 90-day period, then T-Mobile would have a period of 60 days thereafter to exercise an option to purchase the assets of our Wireless operations for 90% of the “Entire Business Value” (as defined under our affiliate agreement). If T-Mobile does not exercise its purchase option, the Company would then have a 60-day period to exercise an option to purchase the legacy T-Mobile network and subscribers in our service area. If the Company does not exercise its purchase option, T-Mobile must sell or decommission its legacy network and customers in our service area.

COVID-19: We have been closely monitoring the latest developments around the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus ("COVID-19") and its impact globally. As we focus on our community and do our part to stop COVID-19 from spreading, we have taken the following actions to keep families and businesses safe and connected virtually:

• In our Broadband segment, we expanded our service offerings by temporarily increasing the minimum speed and data allowance of our broadband service to 50 Mbps and by 250 GB, respectively, each at no additional charge, and introducing a new $25 per month prepaid internet service.

• In our Wireless segment, we have supported Sprint’s adoption of the Keep Americans Connected pledge while temporarily closing approximately 40% of the Sprint branded retail locations in our service area to comply with federal and state mandates.

• We have implemented alternative working arrangements where practicable to keep our employees safe and maintained our geographically redundant equipment, diverse fiber facilities and monitoring services to support maximum uptime of all our essential networks and services.

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While these actions did not have a material impact on our first quarter operating results nor do we expect them to impact our long-term growth prospects, we do expect them to temporarily dislocate our wireless operating momentum until the economies in the markets that we serve re-open.

For example, changing macroeconomic factors could impact the collectability of accounts receivable and revenue in our Broadband segment, and macroeconomic factors and the Keep Americans Connected pledge could impact our recognition of wireless service revenue in our Wireless segment in future periods. In addition, the measurement of our contract asset, which is reduced by our estimated obligation to refund amounts that Sprint or T-Mobile are later unable to collect from subscribers, could be impacted by macroeconomic factors, the Keep Americans Connected pledge, or any change to credit or collection policies that T-Mobile might make after its April 1, 2020 acquisition of Sprint.

As we focus on our community and do our part to stop COVID-19 from spreading, we will continue to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on our business and operations, including the effect of related state, local and federal government guidelines. The virus and related macroeconomic factors may impact the demand for our products and services, the ways in which our customers use our products and services and our suppliers’ and vendors’ ability to provide products and services to us. Some of these factors could increase the demand for our products and services, while others could decrease demand or make it more difficult for us to serve our customers. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the magnitude and duration of COVID-19, we are unable at this time to predict the impact of COVID-19 on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 Compared with the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

The Company’s consolidated results from operations are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,										Change
($ in thousands)	2020			% of Revenue		2019			% of Revenue		$		%
Revenue	$	153,188		100.0		$	158,843		100.0		(5,655	)	(3.6	)
Operating expenses	130,138			85.0		134,056			84.4		(3,918	)	(2.9	)
Operating income	23,050			15.0		24,787			15.6		(1,737	)	(7.0	)
Interest expense	(6,211		)	(4.1	)	(7,954		)	(5.0	)	(1,743	)	(21.9	)
Other income	733			0.5		1,287			0.8		(554	)	(43.0	)
Income before taxes	17,572			11.5		18,120			11.4		(548	)	(3.0	)
Income tax expense	4,292			2.8		4,210			2.7		82		1.9
Net income	$	13,280		8.7		$	13,910		8.8		(630	)	(4.5	)

Revenue

Revenue decreased approximately $5.7 million, or 3.6%, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily due to a decline of $8.5 million in the Wireless segment, partially offset by growth of $2.9 million and $0.7 million in the Broadband and Tower segments, respectively. The Wireless segment recognized $4.5 million in lower travel revenue in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the first quarter of 2019 due to the ongoing dispute with Sprint over resetting of the travel fee. Refer to the discussion of the results of operations for the Wireless, Broadband and Tower segments, included within this quarterly report, for additional information.

Operating expenses

Operating expenses decreased approximately $3.9 million, or 2.9%, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to a decline in Wireless operating expenses driven by depreciation and amortization expense as certain assets acquired from nTelos became fully depreciated and lower cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expenses related to temporary retail store closures. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in Broadband operating expenses incurred for the launch of our new fiber-to-the-home service, Glo Fiber.

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Interest expense

Interest expense decreased approximately $1.7 million, or 21.9%, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in interest expense was primarily attributable to the reduction of the applicable base interest rate by 25 basis points and principal repayments on our Credit Facility term loans, combined with the effect of year-over-year declines in LIBOR.

Other income

Other income decreased approximately $0.6 million, or 43.0%, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to a decline in the value of our investments that are used to fund our obligation under the supplemental executive retirement plan.

Wireless

Wireless earns postpaid, prepaid and wholesale revenues from Sprint for their subscribers that use our Wireless network service in our Wireless network coverage area. The Company's wireless revenue is variable based on billed revenues to Sprint's subscribers in our Affiliate Area less applicable fees retained by Sprint. Sprint retains an 8% Management Fee and an 8.6% Net Service Fee on postpaid revenues and a 6% Management Fee on prepaid wireless revenues. For postpaid, the Company is also charged for the costs of subsidized handsets sold through Sprint's national channels as well as commissions paid by Sprint to third-party dealers in our Sprint Affiliate Area. Sprint also charges the Company separately to acquire and support prepaid customers. These charges are calculated based on Sprint's national averages for its prepaid programs, and are billed per user or per gross additional customer, as appropriate.

The following tables indicate selected operating statistics of Wireless, including Sprint subscribers:

	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019
Postpaid:
Retail PCS total subscribers	847,771		800,952
Retail PCS phone subscribers	738,410		722,830
Retail PCS connected device subscribers	109,361		78,122
Gross PCS total subscriber additions	51,991		50,847
Gross PCS phone additions	36,734		37,786
Gross PCS connected device additions	15,257		13,061
Net PCS total subscriber additions	3,577		5,776
Net PCS phone additions (losses)	(2,311	)	105
Net PCS connected device additions	5,888		5,671
PCS monthly retail total churn %	1.91	%	1.89	%
PCS monthly phone churn %	1.76	%	1.74	%
PCS monthly connected device churn %	2.97	%	3.35	%
Prepaid:
Retail PCS subscribers	279,096		267,220
Gross PCS subscriber additions	39,074		40,979
Net PCS subscriber additions	5,084		8,516
PCS monthly retail churn %	4.13	%	4.14	%
PCS market POPS (000) (1)	7,227		7,023
PCS covered POP (000) (1)	6,325		6,261
Macro base stations (cell sites)	1,966		1,874

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(1) "POPS" refers to the estimated population of a given geographic area.  Market POPS are those within a market area which we are authorized to serve under our Sprint PCS affiliate agreements, and Covered POPS are those covered by our network. The data source for POPS is U.S. census data.

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Wireless results from operations are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,										Change
($ in thousands)	2020			% of Revenue		2019			% of Revenue		$		%
Wireless revenue:
Gross postpaid billings	$	103,096		99.0		$	101,869		90.5		1,227		1.2	%
Allocated bad debt	(5,013		)	(4.8	)	(4,393		)	(3.9	)	620		14.1	%
Amortization of contract asset and other	(6,838		)	(6.6	)	(5,188		)	(4.6	)	1,650		31.8	%
Sprint management fee and net service fee	(16,317		)	(15.7	)	(16,106		)	(14.3	)	211		1.3	%
Total postpaid service revenue	74,928			72.0		76,182			67.6		(1,254	)	(1.6	)%
Gross prepaid billings	30,936			29.7		29,533			26.2		1,403		4.8	%
Amortization of contract asset and other	(15,892		)	(15.3	)	(14,537		)	(12.9	)	1,355		9.3	%
Sprint management fee	(1,935		)	(1.9	)	(1,866		)	(1.7	)	69		3.7	%
Total prepaid service revenue	13,109			12.6		13,130			11.7		(21	)	(0.2	)%
Travel and other	3,351			3.2		8,018			7.1		(4,667	)	(58.2	)%
Wireless service revenue and other	91,388			87.8		97,330			86.4		(5,942	)	(6.1	)%
Equipment revenue	12,750			12.2		15,291			13.6		(2,541	)	(16.6	)%
Total wireless revenue	104,138			100.0		112,621			100.0		(8,483	)	(7.5	)%
Wireless operating expenses:
Cost of services	33,439			32.1		32,532			28.9		907		2.8	%
Cost of goods sold	12,528			12.0		14,427			12.8		(1,899	)	(13.2	)%
Selling, general and administrative	9,428			9.1		11,079			9.8		(1,651	)	(14.9	)%
Depreciation and amortization	25,299			24.3		30,370			27.0		(5,071	)	(16.7	)%
Total wireless operating expenses	80,694			77.5		88,408			78.5		(7,714	)	(8.7	)%
Wireless operating income	$	23,444		22.5		$	24,213		21.5		(769	)	(3.2	)%

Revenue

Under our affiliate agreement with Sprint, we have historically earned and recognized monthly revenue of $1.5 million for providing service to Sprint customers who pass through our network area. While we continue to provide these services to Sprint, the agreed upon payments were suspended by Sprint on April 30, 2019. Accordingly, we have ceased recognizing revenue for the services provided after that date until a new prospective fee can be agreed. We have triggered the final dispute resolution option with Sprint and expect resolution during the second quarter of 2020.

Wireless revenue decreased approximately $8.5 million, or 8%, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily attributable to the aforementioned $4.5 million decline in travel revenue, a $2.5 million decline in equipment revenue as retail stores closed amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, $3.0 million in higher amortized customer contract costs partially offset by a $1.7 million increase in postpaid and prepaid revenue from growth in subscribers.

Cost of services

Cost of services increased approximately $0.9 million, or 3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily due to higher cell site rent expense related to our network expansion.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold decreased approximately $1.9 million, or 13%, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019 due to lower volume of equipment sales driven by temporary closure of certain retail stores.

Selling, general and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expense decreased approximately $1.7 million, or 15%, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019 primarily due to lower advertising expense of approximately $1.0 million, and a $0.8 million sales and use tax settlement gain.

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Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization decreased approximately $5.1 million, or 17%, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019. Depreciation expense declined $4.6 million as certain assets acquired from nTelos in 2016 became fully depreciated. Amortization expense also declined primarily as a result of our Sprint affiliate contract expansion asset which amortizes under an accelerated method that declines over time.

Broadband

Our Broadband segment provides broadband, video and voice services to residential and commercial customers in portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky, via fiber optic and hybrid fiber coaxial (“HFC”) cable. The Broadband segment also leases dark fiber and provides Ethernet and Wavelength fiber optic services to enterprise and wholesale customers throughout the entirety of our service area. The Broadband segment also provides voice and digital subscriber line (“DSL”) telephone services to customers in Virginia’s Shenandoah County as a Rural Local Exchange Carrier (“RLEC”). These integrated networks are connected by an approximately 6,300 fiber route mile network. This fiber optic network also supports our Wireless segment operations and these intercompany transactions are reported at their market value.

The following table indicates selected operating statistics of Broadband:

	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019
Broadband homes passed (1) (2)	212,129		206,113
Broadband customer relationships (3)	103,287		95,933
Video:
RGUs	53,067		59,202
Penetration (4)	25.0	%	28.7	%
Digital video penetration (5)	94.3	%	85.7	%
Broadband:
RGUs	86,667		78,867
Penetration (4)	40.9	%	38.3	%
Voice:
RGUs	31,836		30,737
Penetration (4)	16.3	%	16.2	%
Total Cable and Glo Fiber RGUs	171,570		168,806
RLEC homes passed	25,848		25,798
RLEC customer relationships (3)	10,111		11,101
RLEC RGUs:
Data RLEC	7,947		8,744
Penetration (4)	30.7	%	33.9	%
Voice RLEC	14,137		15,262
Penetration (4)	54.7	%	59.2	%
Total RLEC RGUs	22,084		24,006
Total RGUs	193,654		192,812
Fiber route miles	6,273		5,799
Total fiber miles (6)	334,802		303,511

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(1) Homes and businesses are considered passed (“homes passed”) if we can connect them to our distribution system without further extending the transmission lines. Homes passed is an estimate based upon the best available information. Homes passed have access to video, broadband and voice services.

(2) Includes approximately 16,600 RLEC homes passed where we are the dual incumbent telephone and cable provider.

(3) Customer relationships represent the number of billed customers who receive at least one of our services.

(4) Penetration is calculated by dividing the number of users by the number of homes passed or available homes, as appropriate.

(5) Digital video penetration is calculated by dividing the number of digital video users by total video users. Digital video users are video customers who receive any level of video service via digital transmission. A dwelling with one or more digital set-top boxes or digital adapters counts as one digital video user.

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(6) Total fiber miles are measured by taking the number of fiber strands in a cable and multiplying that number by the route distance. For example, a 10 mile route with 144 fiber strands would equal 1,440 fiber miles.

Broadband results from operations are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,							Change
($ in thousands)	2020		% of Revenue	2019		% of Revenue		$		%
Broadband revenue
Cable, residential and SMB	$	34,943	70.2	$	32,426	69.2		2,517		7.8
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	7,645		15.4	6,563		14.0		1,082		16.5
Rural local exchange carrier	5,132		10.3	5,681		12.1		(549	)	(9.7	)
Equipment and other	2,066		4.1	2,211		4.7		(145	)	(6.6	)
Total broadband revenue	49,786		100.0	46,881		100.0	%	2,905		6.2
Broadband operating expenses
Cost of services	19,243		38.7	19,061		40.7		182		1.0
Cost of goods sold	143		0.3	211		0.5		(68	)	(32.2	)
Selling, general, and administrative	9,499		19.1	7,569		16.1		1,930		25.5
Depreciation and amortization	10,871		21.8	9,991		21.3		880		8.8
Total broadband operating expenses	39,756		79.9	36,832		78.6		2,924		7.9
Broadband operating income	$	10,030	20.1	$	10,049	21.4		(19	)	(0.2	)

Cable, residential and small and medium business (SMB) revenue

Cable, residential and SMB revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2020 approximately $2.5 million, or 7.8%, primarily driven by broadband subscriber growth.

Fiber, enterprise and wholesale revenue

Fiber, enterprise and wholesale revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2020 approximately $1.1 million, or 16.5%, due primarily to an increase in new enterprise and backhaul connections.

Rural local exchange carrier (RLEC) revenue

RLEC revenue decreased approximately $0.5 million, or 9.7%, compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019 due to a decline in residential data subscribers and switched access revenue from other carriers.

Cost of services

Cost of services were comparable with three months ended March 31, 2019.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold were comparable with three months ended March 31, 2019.

Selling, general and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expense increased $1.9 million or 25% compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily due to $1.3 million of expenses incurred to support Glo Fiber in four markets and a $0.3 million increase in advertising expenses.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization increased $0.9 million or 9%, compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily as a result of our network expansion and the introduction of fiber to the home service under our brand, Glo Fiber.

Tower

Our Tower segment owns 226 cell towers and leases colocation space on those towers to our Wireless segment, as well as to other wireless communications providers. Substantially all of our owned towers are built on ground that we lease from the respective landlords. The colocation space that we lease to our Wireless segment is priced at our estimate of fair market value, which updates from time to time based upon our observation of the market.

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The following table indicates selected operating statistics of the Tower segment:

	March 31, 2020	March 31, 2019
Towers owned	226	211
Tenants (1)	408	368
Average tenants per tower	1.8	1.7

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(1) Includes 203 and 175 intercompany tenants for our Wireless segment as of March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Tower results from operations are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
($ in thousands)	2020		% of Revenue	2019		% of Revenue	$	%
Tower revenue	$	3,730	100.0	$	3,033	100.0	697	23.0
Tower operating expenses	1,935		51.9	1,909		62.9	26	1.4
Tower operating income	$	1,795	48.1	$	1,124	37.1	671	59.7

Revenue

Revenue increased approximately $0.7 million, or 23%, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019. This increase was due to a 10.9% increase in tenants and an 11.4% increase in the lease rate.

Operating expenses

Operating expenses were comparable with the prior year quarter.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted OIBDA

Adjusted OIBDA represents Operating income before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation and certain other items of revenue, expense, gain or loss not reflective of our operating performance, which may or may not be recurring in nature.

Adjusted OIBDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we use to evaluate our operating performance in comparison to our competitors. Management believes that analysts and investors use Adjusted OIBDA as a supplemental measure of operating performance to facilitate comparisons with other telecommunications companies. This measure isolates and evaluates operating performance by excluding the cost of financing (e.g., interest expense), as well as the non-cash depreciation and amortization of past capital investments, non-cash share-based compensation expense, and certain other items of revenue, expense, gain or loss not reflective of our operating performance, which may or may not be recurring in nature.

Adjusted OIBDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income, net income or any other measure of financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”).

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The following tables reconcile Adjusted OIBDA to operating income, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
Operating income	$	23,444	$	10,030	$	1,795	$	(12,219	)	$	23,050
Depreciation	21,010		10,717		470		271			32,468
Amortization of intangible assets	4,714		154		—		—			4,868
OIBDA	49,168		20,901		2,265		(11,948		)	60,386
Share-based compensation expense	—		—		—		2,905			2,905
Non-recurring deal advisory fees	—		—		—		910			910
Adjusted OIBDA	$	49,168	$	20,901	$	2,265	$	(8,133	)	$	64,201

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
Operating income	$	24,213	$	10,049	$	1,124	$	(10,599	)	$	24,787
Depreciation	24,752		9,950		680		138			35,520
Amortization of intangible assets	5,618		41		—		—			5,659
OIBDA	54,583		20,040		1,804		(10,461		)	65,966
Share-based compensation expense	—		—		—		1,714			1,714
Adjusted OIBDA	$	54,583	$	20,040	$	1,804	$	(8,747	)	$	67,680

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Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources and Uses of Cash: Our principal sources of liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations, and proceeds available under our Credit Facility.

As of March 31, 2020 our cash and cash equivalents totaled $120.2 million and the availability under our revolving line of credit was $75.0 million, for total available liquidity of $195.2 million.

The Company generated approximately $61.1 million of net cash from operations during the three months ended March 31, 2020, consistent with the three months ended March 31, 2019.

Net cash used in investing activities decreased $22.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020, compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019 due to the following: 

• $10.0 million decline in acquisitions. In 2019, the Company acquired Big Sandy Broadband, Inc. for $10.0 million.

• $12.1 million decrease in capital expenditures due primarily to a $17.0 million decline in Wireless segment as the Ntelos and Parkersburg network expansions were completed in the first half of 2019 partially offset by $5.0 million in higher spending in Broadband segment driven by our Glo Fiber market expansion.

Net cash used in financing activities decreased $12.0 million, or 53.4%, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 primarily driven by:

• $11.4 million decrease in principal repayments on our term loans, and

• $0.8 million decrease in payments for taxes related to share-based compensation vesting events.

Indebtedness: As of March 31, 2020, the Company’s indebtedness totaled approximately $712.2 million, net of unamortized loan fees of $11.3 million, with an annualized overall weighted average interest rate of approximately 3.2%. Refer to Note 8, Long-Term Debt for information about the Company's Credit Facility and financial covenants.

Borrowing Capacity: As of March 31, 2020, the Company’s outstanding debt principal, under the Credit Facility, totaled $723.5 million, with an estimated annualized effective interest rate of 3.2% after considering the impact of the interest rate swap contracts and unamortized loan costs.

As of March 31, 2020, we were in compliance with the financial covenants in our Credit Facility agreement.

We expect our cash on hand, available funds under our revolving credit facility, and our cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated liquidity needs for business operations for the next twelve months. There can be no assurance that we will continue to generate cash flows at or above current levels or that we will be able to maintain our ability to borrow under our credit facility. Thereafter, capital expenditures will likely be required to continue planned capital upgrades to the wireless and broadband networks and provide increased capacity to meet expected growth in demand for our products and services. The actual amount and timing of our future capital requirements may differ materially from our estimate depending on the demand for our products and services, including the outcome of a potential amendment of our wireless affiliate agreement with T-Mobile, new market developments and expansion opportunities.

Our cash flows from operations could be adversely affected by events outside our control, including, without limitation, changes in overall economic conditions, regulatory requirements, changes in technologies, demand for our products and services, availability of labor resources and capital, changes in our relationship with Sprint, natural disasters, pandemics and outbreaks of contagious diseases and other adverse public health developments, such as COVID-19, and other conditions. The Wireless segment’s operations are dependent upon T-Mobile’s ability to execute certain functions such as billing, customer care, and collections; our ability to develop and implement successful marketing programs and new products and services; and our ability to effectively and economically manage other operating activities under our agreements with Sprint. Our ability to attract and maintain a sufficient customer base, particularly in our Broadband markets, is also critical to our ability to maintain a positive cash flow from operations. The foregoing events individually or collectively could affect our results.

Critical Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes to the critical accounting policies as previously disclosed in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had $723.5 million of gross variable rate debt outstanding, bearing interest at a weighted average rate of 3.2%. An increase in market interest rates of 1.00% would add approximately $7.1 million to annual interest expense, excluding the effect of our interest rate swaps. The swaps cover notional principal equal to $328.7 million, or approximately 45.4% as of March 31, 2020. The Company is required to pay a combined fixed rate of approximately 1.16% and receive a variable rate based on one month LIBOR (1.60% at March 31, 2020), to manage a portion of its interest rate risk. Changes in the net interest paid or received under the swaps would offset a corresponding portion of the change in interest expense on the variable rate debt outstanding.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Management, with the participation of our President and Chief Executive Officer, who is the Principal Executive Officer, the Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer, who is the Principal Financial Officer, and the Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, who is the Principal Accounting Officer, conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, (as defined by Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

As disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, we identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until the applicable enhanced controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. As remediation has not yet been completed, our President and Chief Executive Officer, our Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer, and our Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures continued to be ineffective as of March 31, 2020.

In light of the material weaknesses, management performed additional analysis and other procedures to ensure that our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Notwithstanding the material weaknesses, management has concluded that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly state, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

As part of the Company’s continued remediation efforts, during the period ended March 31, 2020 the Company hired several experienced accounting professionals to further strengthen its technical accounting and internal control over financial reporting capabilities. Aside from these actions and the ongoing execution of Management's Remediation Plan, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

We discuss in our Annual Report on Form 10-K various risks that may materially affect our business. We use this section to update this discussion to reflect material developments since our Form 10-K was filed. As of March 31, 2020, except as described below, there have been no significant changes to the Risk Factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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Risks Related to the Business Combination between T-Mobile and Sprint could cause significant volatility in the trading and value of the Company’s common stock

As previously disclosed, on April 1, 2020, T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) announced the completion of its business combination with Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) and subsequently delivered to the Company a notice of Network Technology Conversion, Brand Conversion and Combination Conversion (a “Conversion Notice”) pursuant to the terms of the Company’s affiliate agreement with Sprint. 

Delivery of the Conversion Notice initiated the process set forth in the affiliate agreement to determine the nature of the Company’s relationship with the combined entity (“New T-Mobile”). The affiliate agreement provides for a 90-day period following receipt of the Conversion Notice for the parties to negotiate mutually agreeable terms and conditions under which the Company would continue as an affiliate of New T-Mobile. The affiliate agreement further provides that, if New T-Mobile and the Company have not negotiated a mutually acceptable agreement within the 90-day period, then New T-Mobile would have a period of 60 days thereafter to exercise an option to purchase the assets of our Wireless operations for 90% of the “Entire Business Value” (as defined under our affiliate agreement). If New T-Mobile does not exercise its purchase option, the Company would then have a 60-day period to exercise an option to purchase the legacy T-Mobile network and subscribers in our service area. If the Company does not exercise its purchase option, New T-Mobile must sell or decommission its legacy network and customers in our service area.

As previously disclosed, the Company’s management has been in discussions with New T-Mobile regarding the future of the Company’s Wireless operations; however, there can be no assurance as to the outcome of these discussions, including, without limitation, the terms or conditions under which the Company could continue as an affiliate of New T-Mobile or the terms of any purchase of the legacy T-Mobile subscriber and network assets in our service area or the terms to finance such an asset purchase, the timing or terms of any sale of the assets of the Company’s Wireless operations to New T-Mobile (including the value received by the Company pursuant to a negotiated transaction or as a result of the appraisal process under the affiliate agreement), or the use of proceeds from any such sale transaction or the post-closing composition or capital structure of the Company’s remaining operations and business following any such sale transaction. The pending discussions and any ensuring transaction with the New T-Mobile could cause significant volatility in the trading and value of the Company’s common stock.

The affiliate agreement also provides that 90 days following delivery of the Conversion Notice, New T-Mobile may effect a Technology Conversion, Brand Conversion and Combination Conversion (each as defined in the affiliate agreement), following which New T-Mobile is permitted to take certain competitive and other actions that could directly or indirectly adversely affect the Company’s Wireless business and operations.

Uncertainty about the Company’s relationship with New T-Mobile, particularly the effects on customers, distributors, and employees could have a material effect on the Company. These uncertainties may impair our ability to attract and retain customers for our Wireless segment, and retain and motivate key personnel during the pendency of the discussions with New T-Mobile, as existing and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their future roles with New T-Mobile. Additionally, these uncertainties could cause our third party distributors and dealers to seek to change, cancel or fail to renew existing business relationships with us. Competitors may also target our existing customers by highlighting potential uncertainties and integration difficulties that may result from the uncertainties at this time.

In addition, management and financial resources have been diverted and will continue to be diverted toward the negotiations with New T-Mobile regarding the future of the Company’s Wireless operations. We have incurred, and expect to incur, significant costs, expenses and fees for professional services and other transaction costs in connection with these negotiations and related planning. These costs could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations prior to the determination of the future of our Wireless operations.

Risks Related to Our Business

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the future outbreak of other highly infectious or contagious diseases, could disrupt the operation on our business resulting in adverse impacts to our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flow.

Since being reported in December 2019 in China, an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has spread globally, including to every state in the United States. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the United States declared a national emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains, and created significant volatility and disruption of financial markets, and another pandemic in the future could have similar effects. Given the ongoing and dynamic nature of the circumstances, it is difficult to predict the impact of COVID-19 on the Company, and there is no guarantee that efforts by Shentel, designed to address adverse impacts of the Coronavirus, will be effective.

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Governments in the markets that we operate have mandated residents to stay at home and have temporarily closed businesses that are not considered essential. Although our businesses are considered essential, the Company has temporarily closed approximately 40% of its Sprint branded retail stores as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which will adversely affect postpaid subscriber gross additions in the Wireless segment. In addition, the current COVID-19 pandemic, or a future pandemic, could have material and adverse effects on our ability to successfully operate and on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows due to, among other factors:

• additional disruptions or delays in our operations or network performance, as well as network maintenance and construction, testing, supervisory and customer support activities, and inventory and supply procurement;

• increases in operating costs, inventory shortages and/or a decrease in productivity related to travel bans and social distancing efforts, which could include delays in our ability to install broadband services at customer locations or require our vendors and contractors to incur additional costs that may be passed onto us;

• a deterioration in our ability to operate in affected areas or delays in the supply of products or services to us from vendors that are needed for our efficient operations;

• a decrease in the ability of our counterparties to meet their obligations to us in full, or at all;

• a general reduction in business and economic activity may severely impact our customers and may cause them to be unable to pay for services provided; and

• the potential negative impact on the health of our personnel, particularly if a significant number of them are impacted, could result in a deterioration in our ability to ensure business continuity during a disruption.

Shentel has implemented policies and procedures designed to mitigate the risk of adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, or a future pandemic, on the Company’s operations, but it may incur additional costs to ensure continuity of business operations caused by COVID-19, or other future pandemics, which could adversely affect its financial condition and results of operations. However, the extent of such impacts will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and actions taken to contain COVID-19 or its impact.

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

None.

Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

None.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer or Affiliated Purchasers

The following table provides information about shares repurchased during the first quarter ended March 31, 2020, to settle employee tax withholding related to the vesting of stock awards. There have been no repurchases of shares during the months of January, February and March 2020 through the share repurchase program.

($ in thousands, except per share amounts)	Number of Shares Surrendered	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Approximate Dollar Value that May Yet be Purchased under the Plans or Programs
January 1 to January 31	—	N/A		—	$	72,765
February 1 to February 29	42,398	$	45.87	—	$	72,765
March 1 to March 31	14	$	46.79	—	$	72,765
Total	42,412			—	$	72,765

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ITEM 6.  Exhibits Index

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
31.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
31.2*	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
31.3*	Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
32**	Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. § 1350.
(101)	Formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language)
	101.INS	XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
	101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
	101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
	101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
	101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
	101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*    Filed herewith

** This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), or the Exchange Act.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

/s/James J. Volk

James J. Volk

Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 30, 2020

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Christopher E. French, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d‑15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

/s/ CHRISTOPHER E. FRENCH

Christopher E. French, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date:  April 30, 2020

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, James J. Volk, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d‑15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

/s/JAMES J. VOLK

James J. Volk, Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 30, 2020

EX-31.3

EXHIBIT 31.3

CERTIFICATION

I, Chase L. Stobbe, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d‑15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/CHASE L. STOBBE

Chase L. Stobbe, Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: April 30, 2020

EX-32

EXHIBIT 32

Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Each of the undersigned, the President and Chief Executive Officer and the Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer, of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, on the date hereof:

(1)        The quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2020 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)        Information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/CHRISTOPHER E. FRENCH

Christopher E. French

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

April 30, 2020

/s/JAMES J. VOLK

James J. Volk

Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Fincncial Officer)

April 30, 2020

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.  This certification shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to liability under that section.  This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act except to the extent this Exhibit 32 is expressly and specifically incorporated by reference in any such filing.

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Commitments and Contingencies Narrative (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
FCC Spectrum Licenses
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Other commitment, annual payments	$ 108,000.0

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Derivatives and Hedging - Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$ (2,326)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)	1,921
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense	107
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	2,028
Balance as of March 31, 2020	(298)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of taxes
Balance as of December 31, 2019	308
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)	(5,785)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense	(321)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(6,106)	$ (2,728)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	(5,798)
AOCI, Accumulated Gain (Loss), Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Parent [Member]
Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges
Balance as of December 31, 2019	2,634
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)	(7,706)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense	(428)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(8,134)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$ (5,500)

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Revenue from Contracts with Customers Revenue from Contract with Customers - Contract Asset Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Contract Asset Balance [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 84,663	$ 65,674
Contract payments	18,245	18,151
Contract amortization	(16,710)	(13,454)
Ending Balance	$ 86,198	$ 70,371

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 1,523,715	$ 1,498,691
Less: accumulated amortization and depreciation	827,795	797,177
Property, plant and equipment, net	695,920	701,514
Land
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Total property, plant and equipment	7,143	6,976
Buildings and structures
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 238,728	232,730
Buildings and structures | Minimum
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Buildings and structures | Maximum
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives	40 years
Cable and fiber
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 348,658	334,260
Cable and fiber | Minimum
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives	15 years
Cable and fiber | Maximum
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives	40 years
Equipment and software
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 870,089	867,898
Equipment and software | Minimum
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Equipment and software | Maximum
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Estimated useful lives	20 years
Plant in service
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 1,464,618	1,441,864
Plant under construction
Property, plant and equipment [Abstract]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 59,097	$ 56,827

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Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

Long-Term Debt

Our syndicated Credit Agreement includes a $75 million, five-year undrawn revolving credit facility, as well as the following outstanding term loans:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Term loan A-1	$	251,288	$	258,571
Term loan A-2	472,221		473,469
	723,509		732,040
Less: unamortized loan fees	11,306		11,926
Total debt, net of unamortized loan fees	$	712,203	$	720,114

Term Loan A-1 bears interest at one-month LIBOR plus a margin of 1.50%, while Term Loan A-2 bears interest at one-month LIBOR plus a margin of 1.75%. LIBOR resets monthly. Our cash payments for interest were $5.8 million and $7.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

As shown below, as of March 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants in its credit agreements.

 

	Actual		Covenant Requirement
Total leverage ratio	2.41		3.25	or Lower
Debt service coverage ratio	5.48		2.00	or Higher
Minimum liquidity balance (in millions)	$	195.0	$25.0	or Higher

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Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

($ in thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives				March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Land					$	7,143	$	6,976
Buildings and structures	10	-	40	years	238,728		232,730
Cable and fiber	15	-	40	years	348,658		334,260
Equipment and software	3	-	20	years	870,089		867,898
Plant in service					1,464,618		1,441,864
Plant under construction					59,097		56,827
Total property, plant and equipment					1,523,715		1,498,691
Less: accumulated amortization and depreciation					827,795		797,177
Property, plant and equipment, net					$	695,920	$	701,514

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

We are committed to make payments to satisfy our lease liabilities and long-term debt. The scheduled payments under those obligations are summarized in the respective notes above. We are also committed to make annual payments of approximately $108.0 thousand on our FCC spectrum license obligation through 2039.

The Company is subject to claims and legal actions that may arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not believe that any of these pending claims or legal actions are either probable or reasonably possible of a material loss.

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Leases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Expected Maturity of Lease Liabilities, Operating

The following table summarizes the expected maturity of lease liabilities at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases		Finance Leases		Total
2020	$	45,222	$	108	$	45,330
2021	66,042		174		66,216
2022	64,256		174		64,430
2023	60,770		174		60,944
2024	56,105		174		56,279
2025 and thereafter	191,726		1,532		193,258
Total lease payments	484,121		2,336		486,457
Less: Interest	96,194		696		96,890
Present value of lease liabilities	$	387,927	$	1,640	$	389,567

Expected Maturity of Lease Liabilities, Financing

The following table summarizes the expected maturity of lease liabilities at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases		Finance Leases		Total
2020	$	45,222	$	108	$	45,330
2021	66,042		174		66,216
2022	64,256		174		64,430
2023	60,770		174		60,944
2024	56,105		174		56,279
2025 and thereafter	191,726		1,532		193,258
Total lease payments	484,121		2,336		486,457
Less: Interest	96,194		696		96,890
Present value of lease liabilities	$	387,927	$	1,640	$	389,567

Minimum Rental Receipts Under Lease Agreement Lessor, Operating Leases

Below is a summary of our minimum rental receipts under the lease agreements in place at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases
2020	$	5,527
2021	5,775
2022	4,742
2023	3,112
2024	1,915
2025 and thereafter	4,192
Total	$	25,263

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Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Investments [Abstract]

Other Investments

Investments consist of the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
SERP Investments at fair value	$	1,706	$	2,278
Cost method investments	9,739		9,497
Equity method investments	566		613
Total investments	$	12,011	$	12,388

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Revenue from Contracts with Customers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Refer to Note 13, Segment Reporting, for a summary of our revenue streams, which are discussed further below.

Wireless Segment Revenue

Under our affiliate agreement with Sprint, we have historically earned and recognized monthly revenue of $1.5 million for providing service to Sprint customers who pass through our network area ("travel revenue"). While we continue to provide these services to Sprint, the agreed upon payments were suspended by Sprint on April 30, 2019. Accordingly, we have ceased recognizing revenue for the services provided after that date until a new prospective fee can be agreed. We have triggered the final dispute resolution option with Sprint which we expect will lead to a resolution for travel fee revenue in the second quarter of 2020.

Below is a summary of the Wireless segment's contract asset:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	84,663		$	65,674
Contract payments	18,245			18,151
Contract amortization against revenue	(16,710		)	(13,454		)
Ending Balance	$	86,198		$	70,371

Our Wireless contract asset is reduced by an estimated obligation to refund amounts that Sprint is later unable to collect from its subscribers. This refund obligation totaled $7.0 million at both March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Broadband Segment Revenue

Below is a summary of the Broadband segment's capitalized contract acquisition costs:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	11,005		$	10,091
Contract payments	1,685			1,699
Contract amortization	(1,027		)	(1,381		)
Ending Balance	$	11,663		$	10,409

Future performance obligations

On March 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $3.2 million allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations that will be satisfied at the rate of approximately $0.8 million per year.

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue:
Total revenue	$ 153,188	$ 158,843
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	30,991	28,722
Depreciation and amortization	36,911	41,179
Total operating expenses	130,138	134,056
Operating income	23,050	24,787
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(6,211)	(7,954)
Other	733	1,287
Income before income taxes	17,572	18,120
Income tax expense	4,292	4,210
Net income	13,280	13,910
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized loss on interest rate hedge, net of tax	(6,106)	(2,728)
Comprehensive income	$ 7,174	$ 11,182
Net income per share, basic and diluted:
Basic net income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.27	$ 0.28
Diluted net income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.27	$ 0.28
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic (in shares)	49,888	49,775
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted (in shares)	50,036	50,115
Service revenue and other
Revenue:
Total revenue	$ 140,188	$ 143,231
Equipment revenue
Revenue:
Total revenue	13,000	15,612
Services
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	49,565	49,518
Products
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	$ 12,671	$ 14,637

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Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities - Long Term Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Noncurrent portion of deferred lease revenue	$ 12,291	$ 12,449
FCC spectrum license obligations	1,703	1,699
Noncurrent portion of financing leases	1,543	1,591
Interest rate swaps	2,769	0
Other	847	1,251
Other liabilities	$ 19,153	$ 16,990

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Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 18, 2015	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash payments for interest		$ 5,800,000	$ 7,200,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 75,000,000
Term of credit facility	5 years
Term loan A-1 | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.50%
Term loan A-2 | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.75%

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term Debt

Our syndicated Credit Agreement includes a $75 million, five-year undrawn revolving credit facility, as well as the following outstanding term loans:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Term loan A-1	$	251,288	$	258,571
Term loan A-2	472,221		473,469
	723,509		732,040
Less: unamortized loan fees	11,306		11,926
Total debt, net of unamortized loan fees	$	712,203	$	720,114

Financial Covenants in Credit Agreements

As shown below, as of March 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with the financial covenants in its credit agreements.

 

	Actual		Covenant Requirement
Total leverage ratio	2.41		3.25	or Lower
Debt service coverage ratio	5.48		2.00	or Higher
Minimum liquidity balance (in millions)	$	195.0	$25.0	or Higher

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

($ in thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives				March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Land					$	7,143	$	6,976
Buildings and structures	10	-	40	years	238,728		232,730
Cable and fiber	15	-	40	years	348,658		334,260
Equipment and software	3	-	20	years	870,089		867,898
Plant in service					1,464,618		1,441,864
Plant under construction					59,097		56,827
Total property, plant and equipment					1,523,715		1,498,691
Less: accumulated amortization and depreciation					827,795		797,177
Property, plant and equipment, net					$	695,920	$	701,514

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Cover - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Apr. 24, 2020
Cover [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2020
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	000-09881
Entity Registrant Name	SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	VA
Entity Tax Identification Number	54-1162807
Entity Address, Address Line One	500 Shentel Way
Entity Address, City or Town	Edinburg
Entity Address, State or Province	VA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	22824
City Area Code	540
Local Phone Number	984-4141
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock (No Par Value)
Trading Symbol	SHEN
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		49,842,000
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000354963
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Shares of Common Stock (no par value)	Additional Paid in Capital	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018		49,630,000
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 444,232		$ 47,456	$ 388,496	$ 8,280
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	13,910			13,910
Other comprehensive gain (loss), net of tax	(2,728)				(2,728)
Stock based compensation (in shares)		167,000
Stock based compensation	1,802		1,802
Stock options exercised (in shares)		28,000
Stock options exercised	175		175
Common stock issued	8		8
Shares retired for settlement of employee taxes upon issuance of vested equity awards (in shares)		(57,000)
Shares retired for settlement of employee taxes upon issuance of vested equity awards	(2,800)		(2,800)
Common stock issued to acquire non-controlling interest in nTelos		76,000
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019		49,844,000
Balance at Mar. 31, 2019	454,599		46,641	402,406	5,552
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018		49,630,000
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 444,232		47,456	388,496	8,280
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019	49,671,000	49,671,000
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	$ 472,428		42,110	430,010	308
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	13,280			13,280
Other comprehensive gain (loss), net of tax	(6,106)				(6,106)
Stock based compensation (in shares)		137,000
Stock based compensation	2,985		2,985
Common stock issued	8		8
Shares retired for settlement of employee taxes upon issuance of vested equity awards (in shares)		(42,000)
Shares retired for settlement of employee taxes upon issuance of vested equity awards	$ (1,945)		(1,945)
Common stock issued to acquire non-controlling interest in nTelos		76,000
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020	49,842,000	49,842,000
Balance at Mar. 31, 2020	$ 480,650		$ 43,158	$ 443,290	$ (5,798)

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Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Investments [Abstract]

Investments

Investments

Investments consist of the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
SERP Investments at fair value	$	1,706	$	2,278
Cost method investments	9,739		9,497
Equity method investments	566		613
Total investments	$	12,011	$	12,388

SERP Investments at fair value: The Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) is a benefit plan that provides deferred compensation to certain employees. The Company holds the related investments in a rabbi trust as a source of funding for future payments under the plan. The SERP’s investments were designated as trading securities and will be liquidated and paid out to the participants upon retirement. The benefit obligation to participants is always equal to the value of the SERP assets under ASC 710 Compensation. Changes to the investments fair value are presented in Other income (expense), while the reciprocal changes in the liability are presented in selling, general and administrative expense.

Cost Method Investments:  Our investment in CoBank’s Class A common stock represented substantially all of our cost method investments with a balance of $9.0 million and $8.7 million at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. We recognized approximately $1.0 million and $0.9 million of patronage income in Other income (expense) in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Historically, approximately 75% of the patronage distributions were in cash and 25% in equity.

Equity Method Investments: At March 31, 2020, the Company had a 20.0% ownership interest in Valley Network Partnership (“ValleyNet”). The Company and ValleyNet purchase capacity on one another’s fiber network. We recognized revenue of $0.2 million from providing service to ValleyNet during both of the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. We recognized cost of service of $0.8 million and $0.7 million for the use of ValleyNet’s network during both of the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities - Current Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Sales and property taxes payable	$ 5,259	$ 3,789
Asset retirement obligations	137	148
Accrued programming costs	3,053	3,023
Financing leases	97	94
FCC spectrum license obligations	28	105
Interest rate swaps	2,731	0
Other current liabilities	7,878	7,232
Accrued liabilities and other	$ 19,183	$ 14,391

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Leases - Maturity of Lease Liability - Lessor (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2020	$ 5,527
2021	5,775
2022	4,742
2023	3,112
2024	1,915
2025 and thereafter	4,192
Total	$ 25,263

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Segment Reporting - Selected Financial Data for Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
External revenue
Total revenue	$ 153,188	$ 158,843
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	30,991	28,722
Depreciation and amortization	36,911	41,179
Total operating expenses	130,138	134,056
Operating income	23,050	24,787
Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	104,138	112,621
Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	47,253	44,459
Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	1,797	1,763
Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	104,138	112,621
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	9,428	11,079
Depreciation and amortization	25,299	30,370
Total operating expenses	80,694	88,408
Operating income	23,444	24,213
Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	49,786	46,881
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	9,499	7,569
Depreciation and amortization	10,871	9,991
Total operating expenses	39,756	36,832
Operating income	10,030	10,049
Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	3,730	3,033
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	526	283
Depreciation and amortization	470	680
Total operating expenses	1,935	1,909
Operating income	1,795	1,124
Intersegment Eliminations
External revenue
Total revenue	(4,466)	(3,692)
Intersegment Eliminations | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Intersegment Eliminations | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	2,533	2,422
Intersegment Eliminations | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	1,933	1,270
Corporate, Non-Segment
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative	11,538	9,791
Depreciation and amortization	271	138
Total operating expenses	7,753	6,907
Operating income	(12,219)	(10,599)
Postpaid
External revenue
Total revenue	74,928	76,182
Postpaid | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	74,928	76,182
Postpaid | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Postpaid | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Prepaid
External revenue
Total revenue	13,109	13,130
Prepaid | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	13,109	13,130
Prepaid | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Prepaid | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Tower lease
External revenue
Total revenue	1,797	1,763
Tower lease | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Tower lease | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Tower lease | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	1,797	1,763
Cable, residential and SMB (1)
External revenue
Total revenue	34,943	32,426
Cable, residential and SMB (1) | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Cable, residential and SMB (1) | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	34,943	32,426
Cable, residential and SMB (1) | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale
External revenue
Total revenue	5,488	4,828
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	5,488	4,828
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Rural local exchange carrier
External revenue
Total revenue	4,756	5,238
Rural local exchange carrier | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Rural local exchange carrier | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	4,756	5,238
Rural local exchange carrier | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Travel, installation, and other
External revenue
Total revenue	5,167	9,664
Travel, installation, and other | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	3,351	8,018
Travel, installation, and other | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	1,816	1,646
Travel, installation, and other | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Service revenue and other
External revenue
Total revenue	140,188	143,231
Service revenue and other | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	91,388	97,330
Service revenue and other | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	47,003	44,138
Service revenue and other | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	1,797	1,763
Equipment
External revenue
Total revenue	13,000	15,612
Equipment | Operating Segments | Wireless
External revenue
Total revenue	12,750	15,291
Equipment | Operating Segments | Broadband
External revenue
Total revenue	250	321
Equipment | Operating Segments | Tower
External revenue
Total revenue	0	0
Services
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	49,565	49,518
Services | Operating Segments | Wireless
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	33,439	32,532
Services | Operating Segments | Broadband
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	19,243	19,061
Services | Operating Segments | Tower
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	939	946
Services | Corporate, Non-Segment
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	(4,056)	(3,021)
Products
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	12,671	14,637
Products | Operating Segments | Wireless
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	12,528	14,427
Products | Operating Segments | Broadband
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	143	211
Products | Operating Segments | Tower
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	0	0
Products | Corporate, Non-Segment
Operating expenses
Cost of services and cost of goods sold	$ 0	$ (1)

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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective tax rate	24.40%	23.20%
Income taxes paid, net		$ 0

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Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Remaining performance obligations	$ 3.2
Revenue remaining performance obligation, per year	0.8
Sprint
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability	7.0	$ 7.0
Monthly revenue from contract with customer	$ 1.5

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Investments - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
SERP Investments at fair value	$ 1,706		$ 2,278
Valley Network Partnership
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership interest, percentage	20.00%
CoBank
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
SERP Investments at fair value	$ 9,000		$ 8,700
Other nonoperating income (expense)	1,000	$ 900
Percentage of patronage credit paid in cash		75.00%
Percentage of patronage credit paid in share		25.00%
Equity Method Investee
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenue from related parties	200
Related party costs	$ 800	$ 700

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Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

Segment Reporting

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	74,928	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	74,928
Prepaid	13,109		—		—		—			13,109
Tower lease	—		—		1,797		—			1,797
Cable, residential and SMB (1)	—		34,943		—		—			34,943
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		5,488		—		—			5,488
Rural local exchange carrier	—		4,756		—		—			4,756
Travel, installation, and other	3,351		1,816		—		—			5,167
Service revenue and other	91,388		47,003		1,797		—			140,188
Equipment	12,750		250		—		—			13,000
Total external revenue	104,138		47,253		1,797		—			153,188
Revenue from other segments	—		2,533		1,933		(4,466		)	—
Total revenue	104,138		49,786		3,730		(4,466		)	153,188
Operating expenses
Cost of services	33,439		19,243		939		(4,056		)	49,565
Cost of goods sold	12,528		143		—		—			12,671
Selling, general and administrative	9,428		9,499		526		11,538			30,991
Depreciation and amortization	25,299		10,871		470		271			36,911
Total operating expenses	80,694		39,756		1,935		7,753			130,138
Operating income (loss)	$	23,444	$	10,030	$	1,795	$	(12,219	)	$	23,050

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(1)  SMB refers to Small and Medium Businesses.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	76,182	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	76,182
Prepaid	13,130		—		—		—			13,130
Tower lease	—		—		1,763		—			1,763
Cable, residential and SMB	—		32,426		—		—			32,426
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		4,828		—		—			4,828
Rural local exchange carrier	—		5,238		—		—			5,238
Travel, installation, and other	8,018		1,646		—		—			9,664
Service revenue and other	97,330		44,138		1,763		—			143,231
Equipment	15,291		321		—		—			15,612
Total external revenue	112,621		44,459		1,763		—			158,843
Revenue from other segments	—		2,422		1,270		(3,692		)	—
Total revenue	112,621		46,881		3,033		(3,692		)	158,843
Operating expenses
Cost of services	32,532		19,061		946		(3,021		)	49,518
Cost of goods sold	14,427		211		—		(1		)	14,637
Selling, general and administrative	11,079		7,569		283		9,791			28,722
Depreciation and amortization	30,370		9,991		680		138			41,179
Total operating expenses	88,408		36,832		1,909		6,907			134,056
Operating income (loss)	$	24,213	$	10,049	$	1,124	$	(10,599	)	$	24,787

A reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ operating income to consolidated income before taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Total consolidated operating income	$	23,050		$	24,787
Interest expense	(6,211		)	(7,954		)
Other	733			1,287
Income before income taxes	$	17,572		$	18,120

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Derivatives and Hedging

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives and Hedging

Derivatives and Hedging

The Company's interest rate swaps are pay-fixed (1.16%), receive-variable (one month LIBOR) that hedged approximately 45.4% of outstanding debt with outstanding notional amounts totaling $328.7 and $339.8 million March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. 

The fair value of these instruments was estimated using an income approach and observable market inputs. The hedge was determined to be highly effective and therefore all of the change in its fair value was recognized through Other comprehensive income. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 the fair market value decreased by $8.1 million due to a decline in the one month LIBOR. They were presented as follows:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Balance sheet location of derivative financial instruments:
Prepaid expenses and other	$	—	$	1,382
Deferred charges and other assets, net	—		1,252
Accrued liabilities and other	2,731		—
Other liabilities	2,769		—
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	$	5,500	$	2,634

The table below summarizes changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component:

(in thousands)	Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges			Income Tax (Expense) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of taxes
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2,634		$	(2,326	)	$	308
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)	(7,706		)	1,921			(5,785		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense	(428		)	107			(321		)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(8,134		)	2,028			(6,106		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(5,500	)	$	(298	)	$	(5,798	)

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

There were no changes to goodwill during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Other intangible assets consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2020							December 31, 2019
(in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net
Indefinite-lived intangibles:
Cable franchise rights	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334
FCC spectrum licenses	13,839		—			13,839		13,839		—			13,839
Railroad crossing rights	141		—			141		141		—			141
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	78,314		—			78,314		78,314		—			78,314
Finite-lived intangibles:
Sprint affiliate contract expansion - Wireless	455,305		(241,231		)	214,074		455,305		(226,712		)	228,593
FCC spectrum licenses	4,659		(160		)	4,499		4,659		(97		)	4,562
Acquired subscribers - Cable	28,065		(25,700		)	2,365		28,065		(25,600		)	2,465
Other intangibles	463		(257		)	206		463		(250		)	213
Total finite-lived intangibles	488,492		(267,348		)	221,144		488,492		(252,659		)	235,833
Total intangible assets	$	566,806	$	(267,348	)	$	299,458	$	566,806	$	(252,659	)	$	314,147

We acquired Big Sandy Broadband, Inc. (“Big Sandy”) on February 28, 2019. The $10 million acquisition price was allocated as follows within our broadband segment: $4.6 million of property, plant and equipment; $2.8 million of subscriber relationships; and $2.6 million of goodwill.

In 2016, we acquired nTelos Holdings Corp. and immediately transferred certain of the acquired assets to Sprint in an interrelated nonmonetary exchange. In the exchange, we received a corresponding expansion of our Sprint Affiliate Area, future billings associated with Sprint subscribers already in that expanded area, and an increase in the price that Sprint would pay to buy our Wireless asset group in the event that either party chooses not to renew the affiliate agreement. Sprint also agreed to waive up to $4.2 million of our monthly management fee, not to exceed $255.6 million in total, over a multi-year period. We accounted for these collective rights as an affiliate contract expansion (“ACE”) intangible, which is amortized over the expected benefit period and further reduced as management fees are waived by Sprint. We realized management fee waivers of $9.8 million and

$9.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $147.0 million since the date of the business combination.

During 2017 and 2018, we entered into purchase agreements with Sprint to further expand our affiliate territory to include areas around Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia, respectively. The relevant portion of these payments were also capitalized as ACE intangible assets.

Amounts paid in connection with the acquisition of a business are presented as amortization expense in our income statement. Amounts paid to Sprint outside of a business combination are accounted for as consideration paid to a customer with amortization presented as a reduction of Service and other revenue in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Amortization of intangible assets was $4.9 million and $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 410	$ 533
Inventory reserves	$ 71	$ 66
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	96,000,000	96,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	49,842,000	49,671,000
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	49,842,000	49,671,000

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Basis of Presentation and Other Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Other Information

Basis of Presentation and Other Information

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. All normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Certain disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) have been omitted. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The preparation of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingencies at the date of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements. These estimates are inherently subject to judgment and actual results could differ.

T-Mobile Acquisition of Sprint

On April 1, 2020, T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) announced the completion of its business combination with Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”) and subsequently delivered to the Company a notice of Network Technology Conversion, Brand Conversion and Combination Conversion (a “Conversion Notice”) pursuant to the terms of our affiliate agreement. The affiliate agreement provides for a 90-day period following receipt of the Conversion Notice for the parties to negotiate mutually agreeable terms and conditions under which the Company would continue as an affiliate of T-Mobile. The affiliate agreement further provides that, if T-Mobile and the Company have not negotiated a mutually acceptable agreement within the 90-day period, then T-Mobile would have a period of 60 days thereafter to exercise an option to purchase the assets of our Wireless operations for 90% of the "Entire Business Value," (as defined under our affiliate agreement). If T-Mobile does not exercise its purchase option, the Company would then have a 60-day period to exercise an option to purchase the legacy T-Mobile network and subscribers in our service area. If the Company does not exercise its purchase option, T-Mobile must sell or decommission its legacy network and customers in our service area. The outcome of these proceedings could significantly impact our business operations and financial statements.

COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. While we do not operate in the densely populated urban markets that have been most-affected by the pandemic, our postpaid gross additions, equipment revenue, and cost of goods sold decreased as stay-at-home directives led to the temporary closure of approximately 40% of our Sprint-branded retail stores in mid-March.

Our wireless and broadband internet services are essential during a time of social distancing. Nonetheless, national unemployment rates increased markedly in April. Sprint also adopted the Keep Americans Connected pledge and T-Mobile chose to change subscriber collection policies following its April 1, 2020 acquisition of Sprint. It is reasonably possible that these risks and uncertainties could impact the collectability of our accounts receivable and revenue. It is also reasonably possible that they could impact the measurement of our wireless segment’s contract asset, which is reduced by an estimated refund obligation for amounts that T-Mobile is later unable to collect from its subscribers. We update that estimate based upon trends in our refund experience. To-date, our collection experience and expected credit losses have not been materially affected. We will continue to monitor the impacts of this unprecedented pandemic and will prospectively revise our estimates as appropriate.

We do not currently anticipate any material impairments of our long-lived assets or of our indefinite-lived intangible assets as a result of COVID-19.

Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements

In connection with the preparation of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020, we determined that certain errors existed in our previously issued financial statements. Specifically:

• Prepaid and other assets, as of December 31, 2019, were understated by $2.7 million, deferred tax liabilities were understated by $0.7 million, and retained earnings were understated by $2.0 million as the result of a failure to properly account for handsets that were utilized as demo phones in certain wireless retail stores within our area of operation. All of the impact to retained earnings is attributable to 2017 and prior years.

• Property, plant and equipment, net, and deferred income tax liabilities as of December 31, 2019 were understated by $1.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Depreciation expense was overstated by $1.4 million for the year and quarter ended

December 31, 2019. Income tax expense and net income were understated by $0.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2019.

We evaluated these errors under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC's") authoritative guidance on materiality and the quantification of the effect of prior period misstatements on financial statements, and we have determined that the impact of these errors on our prior period consolidated financial statements is immaterial. However, since the correction of these errors in the first quarter of 2020 could have become material to our results of operations for the year ending December 31, 2020, we revised our prior period financial statements to correct these errors herein. For the year and quarter ended December 31, 2019, the correction of these errors resulted in a $0.02 increase in both basic and diluted earnings per share.

Adoption of New Accounting Principles

There have been no developments related to recently issued accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and note disclosures, from those disclosed in the Company's 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, that would be expected to impact the Company except for the following:

The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses ("ASC 326"): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, as of January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective transition method. ASC 326 requires the application of a current expected credit loss (“CECL”) impairment model to financial assets measured at amortized cost including trade accounts receivable, net investments in leases, and certain off-balance-sheet credit exposures. Under the CECL model, lifetime expected credit losses on such financial assets are measured and recognized at each reporting date based on historical, current, and forecasted information. Furthermore, the CECL model requires financial assets with similar risk characteristics to be analyzed on a collective basis. There was no significant impact to condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

The Company adopted ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software ("ASC 350"): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract, as of January 1, 2020. ASC 350 aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. Upon adoption of the standard, implementation costs were capitalized in the period incurred and will be amortized over the term of the hosting arrangement. There was no significant impact to condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

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Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other, classified as current assets, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Wireless contract asset	$	46,552	$	44,844
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	4,029		4,898
Prepaid maintenance expenses	3,252		3,329
Interest rate swaps	—		1,382
Other	7,090		6,074
Prepaid expenses and other	$	60,923	$	60,527

Schedule of Other Assets, Noncurrent

Deferred charges and other assets, classified as long-term assets, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Wireless contract asset	$	39,646	$	39,819
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	7,634		6,107
Interest rate swaps	—		1,252
Prepaid expenses and other	6,156		6,174
Deferred charges and other assets	$	53,436	$	53,352

Summary of Accrued Liabilities and Other

Accrued liabilities and other, classified as current liabilities, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Sales and property taxes payable	$	5,259	$	3,789
Accrued programming costs	3,053		3,023
Interest rate swaps	2,731		—
Asset retirement obligations	137		148
Financing leases	97		94
FCC spectrum license obligations	28		105
Other current liabilities	7,878		7,232
Accrued liabilities and other	$	19,183	$	14,391

Other Noncurrent Liabilities

Other liabilities, classified as long-term liabilities, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Noncurrent portion of deferred lease revenue	$	12,291	$	12,449
FCC spectrum license obligations	1,703		1,699
Noncurrent portion of financing leases	1,543		1,591
Interest rate swaps	2,769		—
Other	847		1,251
Other liabilities	$	19,153	$	16,990

Market expectations of the projected London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) decreased significantly during the first quarter of 2020, which drove the fair value of our interest rate swaps to a liability. Refer to Note 9, Derivatives and Hedging for more information.

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Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

Below is a summary of the Wireless segment's contract asset:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	84,663		$	65,674
Contract payments	18,245			18,151
Contract amortization against revenue	(16,710		)	(13,454		)
Ending Balance	$	86,198		$	70,371

Amortized and Capitalized Contract Cost

Below is a summary of the Broadband segment's capitalized contract acquisition costs:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	11,005		$	10,091
Contract payments	1,685			1,699
Contract amortization	(1,027		)	(1,381		)
Ending Balance	$	11,663		$	10,409

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Earnings Per Share ("EPS") (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

The following table indicates the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2020		2019
Calculation of net income per share:
Net income	$	13,280	$	13,910
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	49,888		49,775
Basic net income per share	$	0.27	$	0.28
Effect of stock-based compensation awards outstanding:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	49,888		49,775
Effect from dilutive shares and options outstanding	148		340
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	50,036		50,115
Diluted net income per share	$	0.27	$	0.28

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- Credit Agreement (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 723,509	$ 732,040
Less: unamortized loan fees	11,306	11,926
Total debt, net of unamortized loan fees	712,203	720,114
Term loan A-1
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	251,288	258,571
Term loan A-2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 472,221	$ 473,469

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Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities - Current Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Wireless contract asset	$ 46,552	$ 44,844
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	4,029	4,898
Prepaid maintenance expenses	3,252	3,329
Interest rate swaps	0	1,382
Other	7,090	6,074
Prepaid expenses and other	$ 60,923	$ 60,527

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Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease, weighted average remaining lease term	9 years
Operating lease, weighted average discount rate, percent	4.30%
Finance lease, weighted average remaining lease term	15 years
Finance lease, weighted average discount rate, percent	5.10%
Operating lease, cost	$ 17.8	$ 16.9
Finance lease, cost	0.1
Operating lease, payments	15.5	14.7
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liability	3.3	4.6
Sublease income	$ 2.1	$ 2.0

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Stock Compensation - Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Net income	$ 13,280	$ 13,910
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	49,888	49,775
Basic net income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.27	$ 0.28
Effect from dilutive shares and options outstanding (in shares)	148	340
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	50,036	50,115
Diluted net income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.27	$ 0.28

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Derivatives and Hedging - Schedule of Derivative Instruments (Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset	$ 0	$ 1,252
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset	5,500	2,634
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Prepaid expenses and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset	0	1,382
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Deferred charges and other assets, net
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset	0	1,252
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Accrued liabilities and other
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset	2,731	0
Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument | Other liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset	$ 2,769	$ 0

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Stock Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock Compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company granted approximately 70 thousand restricted stock units (RSUs) to employees and approximately 14 thousand RSUs to members of the board of directors, at a market price of $48.47 per award. Under the terms of the award agreements, the RSUs granted to employees vest in fourths on the anniversary date of the grants through 2024. The RSUs granted to the members of the board of directors vest fully on the first anniversary of the grant date. Additionally, approximately 40 thousand Relative Total Shareholder Return (“RTSR”) awards were granted to employees at a value of $56.32 per award. Pursuant to the terms of the RTSR awards, the Company’s stock performance over a three-year period, ending December 31, 2022, will be compared to a group of peer companies, and the actual number of shares to be issued will be determined based upon the performance of the Company’s stock as compared with that of the peer group. The actual number of shares to be issued ranges from 0 shares (if the Company’s stock performance is in the bottom 25% of the peer group) to 150% of the awards granted (if the Company’s stock performance is in the top 25% of the peer group). The Company's stock based compensation award vesting is subject to requirements relating to continued employment with the Company through the service or performance periods, and to special vesting provisions in case of a change of control, death, disability or retirement.

We utilize the treasury stock method to calculate the impact on diluted earnings per share that potentially dilutive stock-based compensation awards have. The following table indicates the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2020		2019
Calculation of net income per share:
Net income	$	13,280	$	13,910
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	49,888		49,775
Basic net income per share	$	0.27	$	0.28
Effect of stock-based compensation awards outstanding:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	49,888		49,775
Effect from dilutive shares and options outstanding	148		340
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	50,036		50,115
Diluted net income per share	$	0.27	$	0.28

There were fewer than 125 thousand anti-dilutive awards outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

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Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases

At March 31, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of nine years and a weighted average discount rate of 4.3%. Our finance leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of fifteen years and a weighted average discount rate of 5.1%.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we recognized $17.8 million and $16.9 million of operating lease expense, respectively. We recognized $0.1 million of interest and depreciation expense on finance leases during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. Operating lease expense is presented in cost of service or selling, general and administrative expense based on the use of the relevant facility. Variable lease payments and short-term lease expense were both immaterial. We remitted $15.5 million and $14.7 million of operating lease payments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We also obtained $3.3 million and $4.6 million of leased assets in exchange for new operating lease liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The following table summarizes the expected maturity of lease liabilities at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases		Finance Leases		Total
2020	$	45,222	$	108	$	45,330
2021	66,042		174		66,216
2022	64,256		174		64,430
2023	60,770		174		60,944
2024	56,105		174		56,279
2025 and thereafter	191,726		1,532		193,258
Total lease payments	484,121		2,336		486,457
Less: Interest	96,194		696		96,890
Present value of lease liabilities	$	387,927	$	1,640	$	389,567

We recognized $2.1 million and $2.0 million of operating lease revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the cell site colocation space and dedicated fiber optic strands that we lease to our customers, which is included in Service and other revenue in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Substantially all of our lease revenue relates to fixed lease payments.

Below is a summary of our minimum rental receipts under the lease agreements in place at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases
2020	$	5,527
2021	5,775
2022	4,742
2023	3,112
2024	1,915
2025 and thereafter	4,192
Total	$	25,263

Leases

Leases

At March 31, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of nine years and a weighted average discount rate of 4.3%. Our finance leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of fifteen years and a weighted average discount rate of 5.1%.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we recognized $17.8 million and $16.9 million of operating lease expense, respectively. We recognized $0.1 million of interest and depreciation expense on finance leases during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. Operating lease expense is presented in cost of service or selling, general and administrative expense based on the use of the relevant facility. Variable lease payments and short-term lease expense were both immaterial. We remitted $15.5 million and $14.7 million of operating lease payments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We also obtained $3.3 million and $4.6 million of leased assets in exchange for new operating lease liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The following table summarizes the expected maturity of lease liabilities at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases		Finance Leases		Total
2020	$	45,222	$	108	$	45,330
2021	66,042		174		66,216
2022	64,256		174		64,430
2023	60,770		174		60,944
2024	56,105		174		56,279
2025 and thereafter	191,726		1,532		193,258
Total lease payments	484,121		2,336		486,457
Less: Interest	96,194		696		96,890
Present value of lease liabilities	$	387,927	$	1,640	$	389,567

We recognized $2.1 million and $2.0 million of operating lease revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the cell site colocation space and dedicated fiber optic strands that we lease to our customers, which is included in Service and other revenue in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Substantially all of our lease revenue relates to fixed lease payments.

Below is a summary of our minimum rental receipts under the lease agreements in place at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases
2020	$	5,527
2021	5,775
2022	4,742
2023	3,112
2024	1,915
2025 and thereafter	4,192
Total	$	25,263

Leases

Leases

At March 31, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of nine years and a weighted average discount rate of 4.3%. Our finance leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of fifteen years and a weighted average discount rate of 5.1%.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we recognized $17.8 million and $16.9 million of operating lease expense, respectively. We recognized $0.1 million of interest and depreciation expense on finance leases during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. Operating lease expense is presented in cost of service or selling, general and administrative expense based on the use of the relevant facility. Variable lease payments and short-term lease expense were both immaterial. We remitted $15.5 million and $14.7 million of operating lease payments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We also obtained $3.3 million and $4.6 million of leased assets in exchange for new operating lease liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The following table summarizes the expected maturity of lease liabilities at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases		Finance Leases		Total
2020	$	45,222	$	108	$	45,330
2021	66,042		174		66,216
2022	64,256		174		64,430
2023	60,770		174		60,944
2024	56,105		174		56,279
2025 and thereafter	191,726		1,532		193,258
Total lease payments	484,121		2,336		486,457
Less: Interest	96,194		696		96,890
Present value of lease liabilities	$	387,927	$	1,640	$	389,567

We recognized $2.1 million and $2.0 million of operating lease revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the cell site colocation space and dedicated fiber optic strands that we lease to our customers, which is included in Service and other revenue in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Substantially all of our lease revenue relates to fixed lease payments.

Below is a summary of our minimum rental receipts under the lease agreements in place at March 31, 2020:

(in thousands)	Operating Leases
2020	$	5,527
2021	5,775
2022	4,742
2023	3,112
2024	1,915
2025 and thereafter	4,192
Total	$	25,263

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 149,070		$ 149,070
Waived management fees under affiliate agreement amount expected to collect monthly				4,200
Waived management fees, included in affiliate contract expanse accumulated amortization		9,800	$ 9,600
Cumulative waived management fees				147,000
Amortization of intangible assets		$ 4,900	$ 5,700
Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Waived management fees, included in affiliate contract expanse accumulated amortization				$ 255,600
Big sandy acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price	$ 10,000
Property, plant and equipment acquired	4,600
Goodwill	2,600
Customer relationships | Big sandy acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Subscriber relationship acquired	$ 2,800

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Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Selected Financial Data for Segments

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	74,928	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	74,928
Prepaid	13,109		—		—		—			13,109
Tower lease	—		—		1,797		—			1,797
Cable, residential and SMB (1)	—		34,943		—		—			34,943
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		5,488		—		—			5,488
Rural local exchange carrier	—		4,756		—		—			4,756
Travel, installation, and other	3,351		1,816		—		—			5,167
Service revenue and other	91,388		47,003		1,797		—			140,188
Equipment	12,750		250		—		—			13,000
Total external revenue	104,138		47,253		1,797		—			153,188
Revenue from other segments	—		2,533		1,933		(4,466		)	—
Total revenue	104,138		49,786		3,730		(4,466		)	153,188
Operating expenses
Cost of services	33,439		19,243		939		(4,056		)	49,565
Cost of goods sold	12,528		143		—		—			12,671
Selling, general and administrative	9,428		9,499		526		11,538			30,991
Depreciation and amortization	25,299		10,871		470		271			36,911
Total operating expenses	80,694		39,756		1,935		7,753			130,138
Operating income (loss)	$	23,444	$	10,030	$	1,795	$	(12,219	)	$	23,050

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(1)  SMB refers to Small and Medium Businesses.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	76,182	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	76,182
Prepaid	13,130		—		—		—			13,130
Tower lease	—		—		1,763		—			1,763
Cable, residential and SMB	—		32,426		—		—			32,426
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		4,828		—		—			4,828
Rural local exchange carrier	—		5,238		—		—			5,238
Travel, installation, and other	8,018		1,646		—		—			9,664
Service revenue and other	97,330		44,138		1,763		—			143,231
Equipment	15,291		321		—		—			15,612
Total external revenue	112,621		44,459		1,763		—			158,843
Revenue from other segments	—		2,422		1,270		(3,692		)	—
Total revenue	112,621		46,881		3,033		(3,692		)	158,843
Operating expenses
Cost of services	32,532		19,061		946		(3,021		)	49,518
Cost of goods sold	14,427		211		—		(1		)	14,637
Selling, general and administrative	11,079		7,569		283		9,791			28,722
Depreciation and amortization	30,370		9,991		680		138			41,179
Total operating expenses	88,408		36,832		1,909		6,907			134,056
Operating income (loss)	$	24,213	$	10,049	$	1,124	$	(10,599	)	$	24,787

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

A reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ operating income to consolidated income before taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Total consolidated operating income	$	23,050		$	24,787
Interest expense	(6,211		)	(7,954		)
Other	733			1,287
Income before income taxes	$	17,572		$	18,120

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Revenue from Contracts with Customers Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Amortized and Capitalized Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Capitalized Contract Cost [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 11,005	$ 10,091
Contract payments	1,685	1,699
Contract amortization	(1,027)	(1,381)
Ending Balance	$ 11,663	$ 10,409

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Segment Reporting - Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Reconciliation of income from continuing operations from segments to consolidated [Abstract]
Total consolidated operating income	$ 23,050	$ 24,787
Interest expense	(6,211)	(7,954)
Other	733	1,287
Income before income taxes	$ 17,572	$ 18,120

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Stock Compensation - Narrative (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive awards outstanding (fewer than) (in shares)	125,000	125,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	70,000
Relative Total Shareholder Return Awards (RTSRs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share performance period	3 years
Bottom portion of peer percent group (as a percent)	25.00%
Top portion of peer percent group (as a percent)	25.00%
Relative Total Shareholder Return Awards (RTSRs) | Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares, issued (in shares)	0
Relative Total Shareholder Return Awards (RTSRs) | Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued (as a percent)	150.00%
Director | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	14,000
Restricted stock units granted (in dollars per share)	$ 48.47
Employee | Relative Total Shareholder Return Awards (RTSRs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	40,000
Restricted stock units granted (in dollars per share)	$ 56.32

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Derivatives and Hedging - Narrative (Details) - Not Designated as Hedging Instrument - Cash Flow Hedging - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	May 31, 2016
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate swaps	$ 328.7	$ 339.8
Increase (decrease) in fair value	$ (8.1)
Interest Rate Swap, May 2016
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate			1.16%
Percentage hedged	45.40%

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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company files U.S. federal income tax returns and various state income tax returns. The Company is not subject to any state or federal income tax audits as of March 31, 2020. The Company's returns are generally open to examination from 2016 forward and the net operating losses acquired in the acquisition of nTelos are open to examination from 2002 forward.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was approximately 24.4%, as compared with approximately 23.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The Company had no significant cash payments or refunds for income taxes during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

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Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities

Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities

Prepaid expenses and other, classified as current assets, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Wireless contract asset	$	46,552	$	44,844
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	4,029		4,898
Prepaid maintenance expenses	3,252		3,329
Interest rate swaps	—		1,382
Other	7,090		6,074
Prepaid expenses and other	$	60,923	$	60,527

Deferred charges and other assets, classified as long-term assets, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Wireless contract asset	$	39,646	$	39,819
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	7,634		6,107
Interest rate swaps	—		1,252
Prepaid expenses and other	6,156		6,174
Deferred charges and other assets	$	53,436	$	53,352

Accrued liabilities and other, classified as current liabilities, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Sales and property taxes payable	$	5,259	$	3,789
Accrued programming costs	3,053		3,023
Interest rate swaps	2,731		—
Asset retirement obligations	137		148
Financing leases	97		94
FCC spectrum license obligations	28		105
Other current liabilities	7,878		7,232
Accrued liabilities and other	$	19,183	$	14,391

Other liabilities, classified as long-term liabilities, included the following:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Noncurrent portion of deferred lease revenue	$	12,291	$	12,449
FCC spectrum license obligations	1,703		1,699
Noncurrent portion of financing leases	1,543		1,591
Interest rate swaps	2,769		—
Other	847		1,251
Other liabilities	$	19,153	$	16,990

Market expectations of the projected London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) decreased significantly during the first quarter of 2020, which drove the fair value of our interest rate swaps to a liability. Refer to Note 9, Derivatives and Hedging for more information.

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Basis of Presentation and Other Information - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Mar. 11, 2020
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Prepaid expenses and other		$ 60,923	$ 60,527		$ 60,527
Retained earnings		443,290	430,010		430,010
Property, plant and equipment, net		695,920	701,514		701,514
Deferred income taxes		137,674	137,567		137,567
Depreciation expense		36,911		$ 41,179
Income tax expense		4,292		4,210
Net income		$ 13,280		$ 13,910
Subsequent Event | Affiliated Entity
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Negotiation period	90 days
Option to purchase assets, period	60 days
Purchase option, value of business percentage	90.00%
Option to purchase network, period	60 days
COVID-19
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of stores temporarily closed						40.00%
Correction of Error | Prior Period Errors
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Prepaid expenses and other			2,700		2,700
Deferred tax liabilities, net			700		700
Retained earnings			2,000		2,000
Property, plant and equipment, net			1,400		1,400
Deferred income taxes			400		400
Depreciation expense			(1,400)		(1,400)
Income tax expense			400		400
Net income			$ 1,000		$ 1,000
Increase (decrease) in earnings per share, basic (in dollars per share)			$ 0.02		$ 0.02
Increase (decrease) in earnings per share, diluted (in dollars per share)			$ 0.02		$ 0.02

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Investments - Other Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Investments [Abstract]
SERP Investments at fair value	$ 1,706	$ 2,278
Cost method investments	9,739	9,497
Equity method investments	566	613
Total investments	$ 12,011	$ 12,388

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	$ 78,314	$ 78,314
Gross Carrying Amount	488,492	488,492
Accumulated Amortization and Other	(267,348)	(252,659)
Net	221,144	235,833
Total intangible assets, gross carrying amount	566,806	566,806
Intangible assets, net	299,458	314,147
Affiliate contract expansion
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	455,305	455,305
Accumulated Amortization and Other	(241,231)	(226,712)
Net	214,074	228,593
FCC Spectrum Licenses
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	4,659	4,659
Accumulated Amortization and Other	(160)	(97)
Net	4,499	4,562
Acquired subscribers - Cable
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	28,065	28,065
Accumulated Amortization and Other	(25,700)	(25,600)
Net	2,365	2,465
Other intangibles
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	463	463
Accumulated Amortization and Other	(257)	(250)
Net	206	213
Cable franchise rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	64,334	64,334
FCC Spectrum Licenses
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	13,839	13,839
Railroad crossing rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	$ 141	$ 141

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 120,232	$ 101,651
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $410 and $533, respectively	61,526	63,541
Income taxes receivable	8,157	10,306
Inventory, net of allowances of $71 and $66, respectively	7,071	5,728
Prepaid expenses and other	60,923	60,527
Total current assets	257,909	241,753
Investments	12,011	12,388
Property, plant and equipment, net	695,920	701,514
Intangible assets, net	299,458	314,147
Goodwill	149,070	149,070
Operating lease right-of-use assets	382,973	392,589
Deferred charges and other assets	53,436	53,352
Total assets	1,850,777	1,864,813
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt, net of unamortized loan fees	31,672	31,650
Accounts payable	30,384	40,295
Advanced billings and customer deposits	8,414	8,358
Accrued compensation	5,787	10,075
Current operating lease liabilities	44,204	42,567
Accrued liabilities and other	19,183	14,391
Total current liabilities	139,644	147,336
Long-term debt, less current maturities, net of unamortized loan fees	680,531	688,464
Other long-term liabilities:
Deferred income taxes	137,674	137,567
Asset retirement obligations	37,422	36,914
Benefit plan obligations	11,980	12,675
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities	343,723	352,439
Other liabilities	19,153	16,990
Total other long-term liabilities	549,952	556,585
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, no par value, authorized 96,000; 49,842 and 49,671 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively	0	0
Additional paid in capital	43,158	42,110
Retained earnings	443,290	430,010
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes	(5,798)	308
Total shareholders’ equity	480,650	472,428
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 1,850,777	$ 1,864,813

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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 13,280	$ 13,910
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	32,468	35,520
Amortization of intangible assets	4,868	5,659
Accretion of asset retirement obligations	404	350
Bad debt expense	205	367
Stock based compensation expense, net of amount capitalized	2,905	1,714
Deferred income taxes	2,135	(3,378)
Gain from patronage and investments	(339)	(1,140)
Amortization of long-term debt issuance costs	674	963
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	2,543	(3,127)
Inventory, net	(1,343)	(1,975)
Current income taxes	2,149	7,588
Operating lease right-of-use assets	12,939	7,779
Waived management fee	9,798	9,628
Other assets	(3,489)	(1,460)
Accounts payable	(4,400)	4,641
Lease liabilities	(10,402)	(9,662)
Other deferrals and accruals	(3,287)	(5,714)
Net cash provided by operating activities	61,108	61,663
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(32,299)	(44,420)
Cash disbursed for acquisitions	0	(10,000)
Proceeds from sale of assets and other	274	45
Net cash used in investing activities	(32,025)	(54,375)
Cash flows used in financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	(8,530)	(19,889)
Taxes paid for equity award issuances	(1,945)	(2,698)
Other	(27)	72
Net cash used in financing activities	(10,502)	(22,515)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	18,581	(15,227)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	101,651	85,086	$ 85,086
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 120,232	$ 69,859	$ 101,651

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Derivative and Hedging (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value

They were presented as follows:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Balance sheet location of derivative financial instruments:
Prepaid expenses and other	$	—	$	1,382
Deferred charges and other assets, net	—		1,252
Accrued liabilities and other	2,731		—
Other liabilities	2,769		—
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments	$	5,500	$	2,634

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The table below summarizes changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component:

(in thousands)	Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges			Income Tax (Expense) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of taxes
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2,634		$	(2,326	)	$	308
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)	(7,706		)	1,921			(5,785		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense	(428		)	107			(321		)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(8,134		)	2,028			(6,106		)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	(5,500	)	$	(298	)	$	(5,798	)

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Resulting from Acquisition

ntangible assets consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2020							December 31, 2019
(in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net
Indefinite-lived intangibles:
Cable franchise rights	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334
FCC spectrum licenses	13,839		—			13,839		13,839		—			13,839
Railroad crossing rights	141		—			141		141		—			141
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	78,314		—			78,314		78,314		—			78,314
Finite-lived intangibles:
Sprint affiliate contract expansion - Wireless	455,305		(241,231		)	214,074		455,305		(226,712		)	228,593
FCC spectrum licenses	4,659		(160		)	4,499		4,659		(97		)	4,562
Acquired subscribers - Cable	28,065		(25,700		)	2,365		28,065		(25,600		)	2,465
Other intangibles	463		(257		)	206		463		(250		)	213
Total finite-lived intangibles	488,492		(267,348		)	221,144		488,492		(252,659		)	235,833
Total intangible assets	$	566,806	$	(267,348	)	$	299,458	$	566,806	$	(252,659	)	$	314,147

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

Other intangible assets consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2020							December 31, 2019
(in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization and Other			Net
Indefinite-lived intangibles:
Cable franchise rights	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334	$	64,334	$	—		$	64,334
FCC spectrum licenses	13,839		—			13,839		13,839		—			13,839
Railroad crossing rights	141		—			141		141		—			141
Total indefinite-lived intangibles	78,314		—			78,314		78,314		—			78,314
Finite-lived intangibles:
Sprint affiliate contract expansion - Wireless	455,305		(241,231		)	214,074		455,305		(226,712		)	228,593
FCC spectrum licenses	4,659		(160		)	4,499		4,659		(97		)	4,562
Acquired subscribers - Cable	28,065		(25,700		)	2,365		28,065		(25,600		)	2,465
Other intangibles	463		(257		)	206		463		(250		)	213
Total finite-lived intangibles	488,492		(267,348		)	221,144		488,492		(252,659		)	235,833
Total intangible assets	$	566,806	$	(267,348	)	$	299,458	$	566,806	$	(252,659	)	$	314,147

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Basis of Presentation and Other Information (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Adoption of New Accounting Policies

There have been no developments related to recently issued accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and note disclosures, from those disclosed in the Company's 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, that would be expected to impact the Company except for the following:

The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses ("ASC 326"): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, as of January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective transition method. ASC 326 requires the application of a current expected credit loss (“CECL”) impairment model to financial assets measured at amortized cost including trade accounts receivable, net investments in leases, and certain off-balance-sheet credit exposures. Under the CECL model, lifetime expected credit losses on such financial assets are measured and recognized at each reporting date based on historical, current, and forecasted information. Furthermore, the CECL model requires financial assets with similar risk characteristics to be analyzed on a collective basis. There was no significant impact to condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

The Company adopted ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software ("ASC 350"): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract, as of January 1, 2020. ASC 350 aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. Upon adoption of the standard, implementation costs were capitalized in the period incurred and will be amortized over the term of the hosting arrangement. There was no significant impact to condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

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Other Assets and Accrued Liabilities - Long-Term Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Wireless contract asset	$ 39,646	$ 39,819
Broadband contract acquisition and fulfillment costs	7,634	6,107
Interest rate swaps	0	1,252
Prepaid expenses and other	6,156	6,174
Deferred charges and other assets	$ 53,436	$ 53,352

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Leases - Maturity of Lease Liability - Lessee (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Operating Leases
2020	$ 45,222
2021	66,042
2022	64,256
2023	60,770
2024	56,105
2025 and thereafter	191,726
Total lease payments	484,121
Less: Interest	96,194
Present value of lease liabilities	387,927
Finance Leases
2020	108
2021	174
2022	174
2023	174
2024	174
2025 and thereafter	1,532
Total lease payments	2,336
Less: Interest	696
Present value of lease liabilities	1,640
Total
2020	45,330
2021	66,216
2022	64,430
2023	60,944
2024	56,279
2025 and thereafter	193,258
Total lease payments	486,457
Less: Interest	96,890
Present value of lease liabilities	$ 389,567

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Long-Term Debt - Financial Covenants in Credit Agreements (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Total leverage ratio, actual	2.41
Debt service coverage ratio, actual	5.48
Minimum liquidity balance, actual	$ 195,000,000.0
Total Leverage Ratio	3.25
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	2.00
Minimum liquidity balance	$ 25,000,000.0