RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended							3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Entities owned by the controlling shareholders Leased assets or facilities	Mar. 31, 2013 Entities owned by the controlling shareholders Leased assets or facilities	Mar. 31, 2014 Cunningham	Mar. 31, 2013 Cunningham	Oct. 31, 2013 Cunningham	Nov. 05, 2009 Cunningham	Mar. 31, 2014 Cunningham Barrington stations	Nov. 30, 2013 Cunningham Barrington stations	Mar. 31, 2014 Cunningham LMA item station	Mar. 31, 2013 Cunningham LMA	Oct. 01, 2012 Cunningham LMA	Jul. 01, 2012 Cunningham LMA	Jan. 01, 2010 Cunningham LMA item	Mar. 31, 2014 Cunningham Minimum LMA	Dec. 31, 2012 Cunningham Maximum	Mar. 31, 2014 Atlantic Automotive Leased assets or facilities	Mar. 31, 2013 Atlantic Automotive Leased assets or facilities	Mar. 31, 2014 Atlantic Automotive Vehicles and related vehicle services	Mar. 31, 2013 Atlantic Automotive Vehicles and related vehicle services	Mar. 31, 2014 Atlantic Automotive Maximum Advertising time	Mar. 31, 2013 Atlantic Automotive Maximum Advertising time	Mar. 31, 2014 David Smith Leased assets or facilities Real estate ventures in Baltimore, MD restaurant item	Mar. 31, 2014 David Smith Leased assets or facilities Real estate ventures in Towson, MD restaurant item	Mar. 31, 2013 David Smith Leased assets or facilities Real estate ventures in Towson, MD	Mar. 31, 2013 David Smith Maximum Leased assets or facilities Real estate ventures in Baltimore, MD	Mar. 31, 2013 Thomas & Libowitz Legal services	Mar. 31, 2014 Controlling shareholders Charter Aircraft	Mar. 31, 2013 Controlling shareholders Maximum Charter Aircraft
Related person transactions
Right to acquire capital stock (as a percent)					100.00%
Amount paid			$ 1,500,000	$ 1,100,000							$ 4,500,000	$ 1,900,000								$ 0	$ 400,000							$ 400,000
Price of assets acquired/sold								78,500,000		22,000,000
Gain or loss on sale of station										0
Aircraft expense																													300,000	100,000
Capital leases payable maturity
Amount obligated to be paid															29,100,000
Price for which nonvoting stock was purchased						1,700,000
Percentage of the total capital stock held in the related party, none of which have voting rights					4.40%
Right to acquire capital stock or assets of individual subsidiaries (as a percent)					100.00%
Number of stations to which programming, sales and managerial services were provided by the entity											7
Number of additional renewal terms											3
Agreement renewal period									8 years		5 years
Number of quarterly installments															10
Amount of quarterly installments															2,750,000
One quarterly installment amount															1,600,000
Additional payments													2,750,000	1,200,000
Aggregate purchase price								78,500,000		22,000,000
Amount of purchase price reduction from quarterly installments																	29,100,000
Annual increase in aggregate purchase price (as a percent)					6.00%
Percentage of net broadcast revenue used to determine annual LMA fees required to be paid																3.00%
Amount used to determine annual LMA fees required to be paid																5,000,000
Remaining purchase price					57,100,000
Operating costs reimbursement (as a percent)					100.00%
Total revenues	412,648,000	282,618,000			27,200,000	24,600,000			800,000
Amount to purchase license assets of KDBC-TV El Paso, Texas							21,200,000
Amount of working capital adjustment required to be paid to purchase license assets of KDBC-TV							200,000
Amount received									1,500,000													100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	0	100,000
Annual rent																		$ 300,000	$ 200,000
Number of restaurants owned by a related party																								3	1
Number of real estate ventures																								1	1