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Debt (Details)						6 Months Ended
Debt (Details)	Jul. 02, 2014 USD ($) covenant	Jul. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2013 USD ($) satellite_hub	Jan. 30, 2013 USD ($) satellite_hubs satellite_hub	Apr. 06, 2009 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) covenant	Apr. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2010 Swap_Agreements
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Long-term Debt						$ 67,787,000		$ 70,875,000
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities						6,209,000		6,188,000
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities						61,578,000		64,687,000
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term		5 years
Line of Credit [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt						61,344,000		63,781,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 80,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit	30,000,000
Proceeds from Lines of Credit	$ 250,000
Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Dispositions Not Reinvested, Percentage	100.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Stated Equity Issuance, Percentage	50.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Receipts Greater than 250 Thousand Dollars, Non-ordinary Business, Percentage	100.00%
Number of Financial Covenants \| covenant	2
Consolidated Leverage Ratio		2.00
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		1.50%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Maximum \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		2.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio	2.25
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio	1.50
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Five [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio	1.00
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Six [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio	1.25
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 15,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 65,000,000
Debt Instrument, Security Interest Pledged, Percentage		65.00%
Proceeds from Lines of Credit		$ 35,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal		1,200,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal		$ 1,600,000
Mortgages [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt						3,193,000		3,268,000
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term					10 years
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal						$ 13,000
Number of Financial Covenants \| covenant						1
Debt Instrument, Face Amount					$ 4,000,000
Debt Instrument, Term If Balloon Not Considered					20 years
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount						$ 5,000,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Increase (Decrease) in Principal						1,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment Terms, Balloon Payment to be Paid							$ 2,551,000
Derivative, Number of Instruments Held \| Swap_Agreements									2
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate					2.00%
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Covenant, Cash And Cash Equivalents Threshold						25,000,000
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage									5.905%
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage									6.07%
Equipment Loan [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment			$ 21,000
Equipment Loan [Member] \| Equipment Loan [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Term			5 years	5 years
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal				$ 83,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 1,200,000	$ 4,700,000
Debt Instrument, Collateral Pledged			1	6
Number of Satellite Hubs Purchased In Period \| satellite_hub				3
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate			3.08%	2.76%