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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Sep. 30, 2011

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure Table [Text Block]

		Nine Months Ended September 30,
Other Option Disclosures		2011			2010
		(amounts in thousands)
Intrinsic value of options exercised		$	520		$	811
Tax benefit from options exercised, before impact of
valuation allowance		$	198		$	320
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised		$	69		$	115

Schedule Of significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options

						Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
						Number Of		Weighted					Number Of
						Options		Average		Weighted			Options		Weighted
						Outstanding		Remaining		Average			Exercisable		Average
						September 30,		Contractual		Exercise			September 30,		Exercise
Exercise Prices						2011		Life		Price			2011		Price
$	1.34		$	1.34		819,650		7.4		$	1.34		345,028		$	1.34
$	2.02		$	12.08		52,375		7.0		$	9.16		30,956		$	9.80
$	33.90		$	47.77		8,500		2.9		$	36.86		8,500		$	36.86
$	48.00		$	48.21		13,000		0.6		$	48.03		13,000		$	48.03
						893,525		7.2		$	2.82		397,484		$	4.29

Schedule Of Valuation Of Options

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010
Expected life (years)	no options issued		6.3
Expected volatility factor (%)	no options issued		69.2%
Risk-free interest rate (%)	no options issued		3.0%
Expected dividend yield (%)	no options issued		0.0%

Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense

		Three Months Ended
		September 30,
		2011			2010
Station operating expenses		$	223		$	397
Corporate general and administrative expenses			1,337			815
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses			1,560			1,212
Income tax benefit (net of a fully reserved valuation allowance for prior year)			(464)			-
Total		$	1,096		$	1,212

		Nine Months Ended
		September 30,
		2011			2010
			(amounts in thousands)
Station operating expenses		$	550		$	965
Corporate general and administrative expenses			5,676			3,349
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses			6,226			4,314
Income tax benefit (net of a fully reserved valuation allowance for prior year)			(1,613)			-
Total		$	4,613		$	4,314

Restricted Stock Units Activity [Member] Member

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

				Number					Weighted		Aggregate
				Of		Weighted			Average		Intrinsic
				Restricted		Average			Remaining		Value As Of
				Stock		Purchase			Contractual		September 30,
	Period Ended			Units		Price			Term (Years)		2011
RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2010			2,329,174
RSUs awarded				445,213
RSUs released				(868,211)
RSUs forfeited				(23,057)
RSUs outstanding as of:	September 30, 2011			1,883,119		$	-		1.7		$	9,886,375
RSUs vested and expected
to vest as of:	September 30, 2011			1,698,384		$	-		1.7		$	8,459,788
RSUs exercisable (vested and
deferred) as of:	September 30, 2011			86,996		$	-		0.0		$	456,729
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years				2.3
Unamortized compensation
expense, net of estimated
forfeitures			$	10,016,230

Options Activity[Member] Member

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

									Weighted		Intrinsic
						Weighted			Average		Value
						Average			Remaining		As of
			Number of			Exercise			Contractual		September 30,
	Period Ended		Options			Price			Term (Years)		2011
Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2010			983,150		$	3.02
Options granted				-			-
Options exercised				(51,750)			1.34
Options forfeited				(24,530)			1.52
Options expired				(13,345)			25.62
Outstanding as of:	September 30, 2011			893,525		$	2.82		7.2		$	3,212,430
Options vested and expected to vest as of:	September 30, 2011			863,656		$	2.86		7.2		$	3,101,022
Options vested and exercisable as of:	September 30, 2011			397,484		$	4.29		7.0		$	1,353,818
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years				1.4
Unamortized compensation expense, net of
estimated forfeitures			$	276,376

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