SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure Table [Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Other Option Disclosures	2013		2012
	(amounts in thousands)
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$	537	$	84
Tax benefit from options exercised (1)	$	204	$	32
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised	$	130	$	54

Schedule Of significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options

				Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
				Number Of	Weighted			Number Of
				Options	Average	Weighted		Options	Weighted
				Outstanding	Remaining	Average		Exercisable	Average
				March 31,	Contractual	Exercise		March 31,	Exercise
Exercise Prices				2013	Life	Price		2013	Price
$	1.34	$	1.34	594,675	5.9	$	1.34	594,675	$	1.34
$	2.02	$	10.90	19,000	6.4	$	5.95	14,000	$	6.10
$	11.31	$	11.69	18,875	4.5	$	11.53	18,875	$	11.53
$	11.78	$	48.21	18,000	2.9	$	26.75	18,000	$	26.75
$	1.34	$	48.21	650,550	5.8	$	2.47	645,550	$	2.45

Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2013		2012
		(amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses	$	155	$	106
Corporate general and administrative expenses		987		1,291
Non-cash compensation expense included in operating expenses		1,142		1,397
Income tax expense		316		389
Net non-cash compensation expense	$	826	$	1,008

Restricted Stock Units Activity [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

			Number			Weighted	Aggregate
			Of	Weighted		Average	Intrinsic
			Restricted	Average		Remaining	Value As Of
			Stock	Purchase		Contractual	March 31,
	Period Ended		Units	Price		Term (Years)	2013
RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2012		1,481,268
RSUs awarded			298,377
RSUs released			(240,859)
RSUs forfeited			(11,749)
RSUs outstanding as of:	March 31, 2013		1,527,037	$	-	1.4	$	11,819,266
RSUs vested and expected
to vest as of:	March 31, 2013		1,401,995	$	-	1.3	$	10,178,092
RSUs exercisable (vested and
deferred) as of:	March 31, 2013		86,996	$	-	0.0	$	673,349
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			2.2
Unamortized compensation
expense, net of estimated
forfeitures		$	6,760,093

Options Activity [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

						Weighted	Intrinsic
				Weighted		Average	Value
				Average		Remaining	As Of
		Number Of		Exercise		Contractual	March 31,
	Period Ended	Options		Price		Term (Years)	2013
Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2012		742,550	$	2.39
Options granted			-
Options exercised			(85,250)		1.52
Options forfeited			(3,625)		1.34
Options expired			(3,125)		9.57
Options outstanding as of:	March 31, 2013		650,550	$	2.47	5.8	$	3,846,225
Options vested and expected to vest as of:	March 31, 2013		650,364	$	2.47	5.8	$	3,845,860
Options vested and exercisable as of:	March 31, 2013		645,550	$	2.45	5.8	$	3,835,129
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			0.5
Unamortized compensation expense,
net of estimated forfeitures		$	71,570