Note 2 - Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisitions [Table Text Block]

						Schurz
						Acquisition
						and the
	Divestiture			Acquisition		Acquisition
	of KAKE-TV			of WBXX-TV		of WLUC-TV			Total
Base purchase price	$	-		$	30,000	$	442,500		$	472,500
Purchase price adjustment		-			-		574			574
Adjusted purchase price		-			30,000		443,074			473,074
Cash consideration received from sale of Schurz Radio Stations		-			-		(16,000	)		(16,000	)
Net adjusted purchase price allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed		-			30,000		427,074			457,074
Non-cash consideration received		(30,000	)		-		-			(30,000	)
Cash consideration received		(11,200	)		-		-			(11,200	)
Net consideration - the Schurz Acquisition and Related Transactions	$	(41,200	)	$	30,000	$	427,074		$	415,874

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended
	December 31,
	2016		2015
Revenue (less agency commissions)	$	825,787	$	701,550
Net income	$	57,795	$	39,360
Basic net income per share	$	0.80	$	0.58
Diluted net income per share	$	0.79	$	0.57

	Years Ended
	December 31,
	2015		2014
Revenue (less agency commissions)	$	621,530	$	559,538
Net income	$	46,181	$	59,342
Basic net income per share	$	0.68	$	1.03
Diluted net income per share	$	0.67	$	1.02

	Year Ended December 31, 2014
Revenue (less agency commissions)	$	565,251
Net income	$	50,771
Basic net income per share	$	0.88
Diluted net income per share	$	0.87

The 2014 Acquisitions [Member]

Notes Tables

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

	Acquisition
	Hoak			SJL			KEVN			KNDX			Parker			WQCW			Helena
Cash	$	-		$	-		$	615		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Accounts receivable		10,722			7,132			569			-			765			-			14
Other current assets		509			1,946			96			39			964			45			49
Property and equipment		45,382			23,508			3,888			2,576			722			991			1,230
Goodwill		131,632			50,941			2,717			1,839			1,932			802			70
Broadcast licenses		91,958			86,685			1,675			500			-			3,691			146
Other intangible assets		35,386			10,091			1,786			2,584			3,163			15			431
Other non-current assets		-			253			29			15			16			-			-
Current liabilities		(3,544	)		(4,936	)		(211	)		(36	)		(826	)		(45	)		(90	)
Other long-term liabilities		-			(379	)		(38	)		(17	)		(5	)		-			-
Deferred income tax liabilities		(12,188	)		(43,712	)		(2,341	)		-			-			-			-
Total	$	299,857		$	131,529		$	8,785		$	7,500		$	6,731		$	5,499		$	1,850

The 2015 Acquisitions [Member]

Notes Tables

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

	Acquisition
	Cedar Rapids			Odessa			Twin Falls			Wausau			Presque Isle			Laredo
Other current assets	$	503		$	87		$	93		$	87		$	45		$	22
Property and equipment		13,754			4,629			5,172			1,985			2,822			1,411
Goodwill		25,006			3,719			2,587			11,616			245			5,154
Broadcast licenses		55,676			22,253			6,333			-			6,150			-
Other intangible assets		5,849			3,067			3,485			397			1,039			2,435
Other non-current assets		13			13			32			87			-			13
Current liabilities		(792	)		(155	)		(170	)		(85	)		(51	)		(22	)
Other long-term liabilities		(13	)		(13	)		(32	)		(87	)		-			(13	)
Total	$	99,996		$	33,600		$	17,500		$	14,000		$	10,250		$	9,000

The 2016 Acquisitions [Member]

Notes Tables

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

						Schurz
						Acquisition
						and the
	Acquisition		Acquisition			Acquisition
	of KYES-TV		of WBXX-TV			of WLUC-TV			Total
Accounts receivable	$	-	$	-		$	19,226		$	19,226
Other current assets		-		429			4,606			5,035
Property and equipment		176		1,633			97,814			99,623
Goodwill		28		10,288			61,981			72,297
Broadcast licenses		254		18,199			231,391			249,844
Other intangible assets		42		-			19,523			19,565
Other non-current assets		-		408			3,028			3,436
Current liabilities		-		(460	)		(8,903	)		(9,363	)
Other long-term liabilities		-		(497	)		(1,592	)		(2,089	)
Total	$	500	$	30,000		$	427,074		$	457,574