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SEGMENT DATA

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SEGMENT DATA
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT DATA
NOTE 19. SEGMENT DATA
 
FASB ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting, requires companies to provide certain information about their operating segments. We have three operating segments: (1) Broadcast, (2) Digital Media and (3) Publishing.
 
During the third quarter of 2016, we reclassed Salem Consumer Products, our e-commerce business that sells books, DVD’s and editorial content developed by our on-air personalities, from our Digital Media segment to our Broadcast segment. With this reclassification, all revenue and expenses generated by on-air hosts, including broadcast programs and e-commerce product sales are consolidated to assess the financial performance of each network program.
 
Our operating segments reflect how our chief operating decision makers, which we define as a collective group of senior executives, assess the performance of each operating segment and determine the appropriate allocations of resources to each segment. We continue to review our operating segment classifications to align with operational changes in our business and may make future changes as necessary.
 
We measure and evaluate our operating segments based on operating income and operating expenses that do not include allocations of costs related to corporate functions, such as accounting and finance, human resources, legal, tax and treasury; nor do they include costs such as amortization, depreciation, taxes or interest expense. Changes to our operating segments did not impact the reporting units used to test non-amortizable assets for impairment. All prior periods presented are updated to reflect the new composition of our operating segments. Segment performance, as defined by Salem, is not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies.
 
The table below presents financial information for each operating segment as of March 31, 2017 and 2016 based on the new composition of our operating segments:
 
 
 
Broadcast
 
Digital Media
 
Publishing
 
Unallocated Corporate
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue
 
$
47,804
 
$
10,686
 
$
6,490
 
$
—
 
$
64,980
 
Operating expenses
 
 
35,836
 
 
8,702
 
 
6,351
 
 
5,125
 
 
56,014
 
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration, impairments and (gain) loss on disposal of assets
 
$
11,968
 
$
1,984
 
$
139
 
$
(5,125)
 
$
8,966
 
Depreciation
 
 
1,819
 
 
777
 
 
194
 
 
190
 
 
2,980
 
Amortization
 
 
17
 
 
818
 
 
307
 
 
—
 
 
1,142
 
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration
 
 
—
 
 
1
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
1
 
Impairment of indefinite-lived long-term assets
other than goodwill
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
19
 
 
—
 
 
19
 
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
 
 
(2)
 
 
—
 
 
7
 
 
—
 
 
5
 
Net operating income (loss)
 
$
10,134
 
$
388
 
$
(388)
 
$
(5,315)
 
$
4,819
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue
 
$
48,745
 
$
11,010
 
$
4,820
 
$
—
 
$
64,575
 
Operating expenses
 
 
36,150
 
 
9,024
 
 
4,948
 
 
4,213
 
 
54,335
 
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration and (gain) loss on disposal of assets
 
$
12,595
 
$
1,986
 
$
(128)
 
$
(4,213)
 
$
10,240
 
Depreciation
 
 
1,862
 
 
767
 
 
150
 
 
212
 
 
2,992
 
Amortization
 
 
23
 
 
1,049
 
 
72
 
 
—
 
 
1,143
 
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration
 
 
—
 
 
(70)
 
 
(58)
 
 
—
 
 
(128)
 
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
 
 
179
 
 
(14)
 
 
(18)
 
 
3
 
 
150
 
Net operating income (loss)
 
$
10,531
 
$
254
 
$
(274)
 
$
(4,428)
 
$
6,083
 
 
 
 
Broadcast
 
Digital Media
 
Publishing
 
Unallocated Corporate
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
As of March 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inventories, net
 
$
—
 
$
329
 
$
512
 
$
—
 
$
841
 
Property and equipment, net
 
 
86,350
 
 
6,595
 
 
1,537
 
 
8,076
 
 
102,558
 
Broadcast licenses
 
 
388,663
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
388,663
 
Goodwill
 
 
3,581
 
 
20,151
 
 
1,888
 
 
8
 
 
25,628
 
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
313
 
 
—
 
 
313
 
Amortizable intangible assets, net
 
 
389
 
 
9,192
 
 
3,761
 
 
6
 
 
13,348
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inventories, net
 
$
—
 
$
300
 
$
370
 
$
—
 
$
670
 
Property and equipment, net
 
 
86,976
 
 
6,634
 
 
1,779
 
 
7,401
 
 
102,790
 
Broadcast licenses
 
 
388,517
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
388,517
 
Goodwill
 
 
3,581
 
 
20,136
 
 
1,888
 
 
8
 
 
25,613
 
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets
 
 
—
 
 
—
 
 
332
 
 
—
 
 
332
 
Amortizable intangible assets, net
 
 
407
 
 
9,927
 
 
4,069
 
 
5
 
 
14,408