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Note 2 - Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended |  | 9 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 Operating Expense [Member] Hoak Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 25, 2014 KAQY Acquisition [Member] Parker Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 25, 2014 KXJB Acquisition [Member] Parker Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Retransmission Agreements [Member] 2014 Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Advertising Contracts [Member] 2014 Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Advertising Contracts [Member] 2014 Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Advertising Relationships [Member] 2014 Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Advertising Relationships [Member] 2014 Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Off-Market Favorable Lease [Member] 2014 Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Off-Market Favorable Lease [Member] 2014 Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 25, 2014 Parker Acquisitions [Member] | Sep. 15, 2014 WJRT Acquisition, Inc. and WTVG Acquisition, Inc. [Member] | Jun. 13, 2014 Hoak Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Hoak Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Hoak Acquisition [Member] | May 31, 2014 KNDX Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 KNDX Acquisition [Member] | May 31, 2014 KEVN Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 KEVN Acquisition [Member] | Apr. 30, 2014 WQCW Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 WQCW Acquisition [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 2014 Acquisitions [Member] Minimum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 2014 Acquisitions [Member] Maximum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 2014 Acquisitions [Member]
Note 2 - Acquisitions (Details) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Businesses Acquired | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred |  |  | $ 1,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6,700,000 | $ 128,000,000 | $ 290,800,000 |  | $ 299,770,000 |  | $ 7,500,000 | $ 7,800,000 | $ 8,785,000 |  | $ 5,499,000 |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,000,000 | 131,500,000 | 299,800,000 |  |  | 7,500,000 |  | 8,800,000 |  | 5,500,000 |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability | 13,700,000 |  |  | 700,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,700,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Working Capital Adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,500,000 | 9,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Television Stations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Contractual Amounts in Excess of Fair Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 200,000
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years | 40 years |
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired |  |  |  |  | 32,000,000 |  | 2,000,000 |  | 13,000,000 |  | 4,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life |  |  |  |  | 4 years 146 days | 255 days |  | 5 years 6 months |  | 8 years 36 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Acquired During Period | 187,586,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 187,600,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 86,600,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs |  | 5,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Changes in Accounting and Extraordinary Items, Net of Tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 9,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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