Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Revenues
Advertising	$ 2,715,000	$ 2,701,000	$ 7,382,000	$ 7,954,000
Circulation	1,467,000	1,445,000	4,431,000	4,429,000
Advertising service fees and other	720,000	702,000	2,014,000	2,037,000
Licensing and maintenance fees	3,679,000	3,315,000	11,433,000	10,752,000
Consulting fees	748,000	791,000	3,788,000	3,401,000
Other public service fees	1,009,000	1,540,000	3,547,000	4,636,000
	10,338,000	10,494,000	32,595,000	33,209,000
Costs and expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	6,860,000	6,357,000	20,537,000	19,740,000
Other outside services	913,000	827,000	2,590,000	2,509,000
Postage and delivery expenses	279,000	346,000	857,000	990,000
Newsprint and printing expenses	243,000	335,000	679,000	935,000
Depreciation and amortization	1,445,000	1,366,000	4,288,000	4,093,000
Other general and administrative expenses	2,380,000	2,408,000	6,964,000	7,414,000
	12,120,000	11,639,000	35,915,000	35,681,000
Loss from operations	(1,782,000)	(1,145,000)	(3,320,000)	(2,472,000)
Other income (expense)
Dividends and interest income	1,277,000	1,177,000	3,013,000	2,865,000
Other income and capital gains	16,000	23,000	46,000	55,000
Interest expense	(108,000)	(56,000)	(270,000)	(168,000)
Interest expense accrued for uncertain and unrecognized tax benefits	(26,000)	(26,000)	(75,000)	(70,000)
Loss before income taxes	(623,000)	(27,000)	(606,000)	210,000
Benefit from income taxes	285,000	60,000	525,000	760,000
Net (loss) income	$ (338,000)	$ 33,000	$ (81,000)	$ 970,000
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted (in shares)	1,380,746	1,380,746	1,380,746	1,380,746
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.25)	$ 0.02	$ (0.06)	$ 0.70
Comprehensive (loss) income
Net (loss) income	$ (338,000)	$ 33,000	$ (81,000)	$ 970,000
Net (decrease) increase in unrealized appreciation of marketable securities (net of taxes)	(1,222,000)	5,277,000	(5,353,000)	833,000
	$ (1,560,000)	$ 5,310,000	$ (5,434,000)	$ 1,803,000