Note 8 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012			2011
Current:
Federal	$	-		$	-		$	-
State and local		118			974			359
State and local - reserve for uncertain tax positions		(136	)		(1,015	)		(905	)
Current income tax benefit		(18	)		(41	)		(546	)
Deferred:
Federal		12,218			16,854			4,860
State and local		947			2,375			225
Deferred income tax expense		13,165			19,229			5,085
Total income tax expense	$	13,147		$	19,188		$	4,539

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2013			2012
Deferred tax liabilities:
Net book value of property and equipment	$	9,797		$	10,656
Broadcast licenses, goodwill and other intangibles		285,553			277,939
Total deferred tax liabilities		295,350			288,595
Deferred tax assets:
Liability for accrued consulting		-			118
Liability for accrued vacation		926			850
Liability for accrued bonus		2,401			347
Loan acquisition costs		1,664			1,902
Allowance for doubtful accounts		284			309
Liability under health and welfare plan		936			636
Liability for pension plan		10,501			15,228
Federal operating loss carryforwards		78,597			87,585
State and local operating loss carryforwards		9,922			10,886
Alternative minimum tax carryforwards		386			386
Unearned income		396			613
Network compensation		174			414
Stock options		76			508
Acquisition costs		300			-
Restricted stock		192			-
Other		49			80
Total deferred tax assets		106,804			119,862
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets		(2,748	)		(3,157	)
Net deferred tax assets		104,056			116,705
Deferred tax liabilities, net of deferred tax assets	$	191,294		$	171,890

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Statutory federal rate applied to income before income tax expense	$	11,002		$	16,561		$	4,751
Current year permanent items		669			825			229
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit		1,432			4,191			710
Change in valuation allowance		(409	)		(1,463	)		(252	)
Reserve for uncertain tax positions		(136	)		(1,015	)		(905	)
Other items, net		589			89			6
Income tax expense as recorded	$	13,147		$	19,188		$	4,539
Effective income tax rate		41.8	%		40.6	%		33.4	%

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Balance at beginning of period	$	880		$	1,597		$	2,342
Reduction in benefit from lapse in statute of limitations		(98	)		(717	)		(745	)
Balance at end of period	$	782		$	880		$	1,597