ACQUISITIONS: (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended				21 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012		Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011		Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Apr. 14, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 Tv One Llc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Tv One Llc [Member]	Apr. 25, 2011 Tv One Llc [Member]	Feb. 28, 2011 Tv One Llc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Reach Media [Member] Previous Holding Percentage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Reach Media [Member] Current Holding Percentage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 LMA	Feb. 28, 2011 Financial Investers [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Notes [Member]	Feb. 25, 2011 Senior Notes [Member]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 824,078,000					$ 815,652,000					$ 824,078,000	$ 815,652,000											$ 119,000,000	$ 119,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage																									10.00%
Private Placement Debt Offering Utilized Amount																								82,400,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Total														61,200,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment, Total														2,400,000
Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Including Goodwill														204,100,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles														287,300,000
Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Liabilities														225,700,000
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Fair Value														203,000,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage By Parent															51.10%	51.00%	51.10%		53.50%	80.00%		50.00%
Percentage Of Outstanding Membership Interest																	12.40%	2.00%				15.40%
Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Launch Assets														39,000,000
Business Acquisition After Tax Gain Loss Recognized									146,900,000
Percentage Of Outstanding Membership Interest Before Acquisition																	36.80%
Percentage Of Outstanding Membership Interest After Acquisition																	50.90%
Revenues, Total	105,885,000	109,894,000	105,830,000	[1]	102,964,000	98,044,000	[2]	104,352,000	96,944,000	64,899,000	424,573,000	364,239,000	279,292,000		217,200,000
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent, Total	(17,227,000)	(13,064,000)	42,668,000	[1]	(79,242,000)	(21,538,000)	[2]	(9,878,000)	98,550,000	(64,245,000)	(66,865,000)	2,889,000	(28,633,000)		5,200,000
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Nonproduction, Total											38,715,000	37,069,000	17,385,000		48,700,000
Interest Expense, Total											$ 91,150,000	$ 88,330,000	$ 46,834,000		$ 20,800,000
Business Acquisition, Period Results Included In Combined Entity																					18 months
Local Marketing Agreement, Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement																					Jul. 18, 2012
Local Marketing Agreement Effective Date Of Acquisition																					Aug. 27, 2012

[1] The net income from continuing operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 includes $313,000 of pre-tax impairment charges.

[2] The net loss from continuing operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 includes approximately $22.3 million of pre-tax impairment charges.