Acquisitions (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended					6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013 Sinclair Acquisition [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 KMTR TV [Member]	Jun. 03, 2013 KMTR TV [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 KMTR TV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 KMTR TV [Member] Network affiliation agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 KMTR TV [Member] Advertiser relationships [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 KMTR TV [Member] Programming [Member]
Acquisitions (Textual) [Abstract]
Merger agreement date			Apr. 17, 2013
Merger transaction value			$ 373,300,000
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.15	$ 0.30	$ 41.00
Premium to the closing price of the Company's common stock			66.00%
Termination fee			11,200,000
Transaction cost associated with merger	4,700,000	4,700,000
Value of Acquired assets Newport Television LLC and Newport Television License LLC					8,500,000
Asset purchase agreement date				Nov. 19, 2012
Balance of the purchase price financed by credit agreement				1,700,000
Purchase price paid net of escrow deposit and net assumed liabilities				5,900,000
Cash Escrow Deposit						850,000
Net assumed liabilities				92,000		92,000
Intangible assets useful life							15 years	6 years	5 years
Deferred tax assets for taxable temporary differences				$ 90,000
Federal Funds Basis Spread On Variable Rate	0.50%	0.50%
Eurodollar One Month Basis Spread On Variable Rate	1.00%	1.00%