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DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS (Block) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Abstract |
Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Text Block | 5. DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS Deferred charges and other assets, including definite-lived intangible assets, consist of the following as of the periods indicated:
| Deferred Charges And Other Assets |  |
| December 31, |  |
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Period Of
| Asset |  | Reserve |  | Net |  | Asset |  | Reserve |  | Net |  | Amortization
| (amounts in thousands) |  |
Deferred contracts and other agreements | $ | 1,788 |  | $ | 1,049 |  | $ | 739 |  | $ | 1,588 |  | $ | 929 |  | $ | 659 |  | Term of contract
Advertiser lists and customer relationships |  | 817 |  |  | 701 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 656 |  |  | 653 |  |  | 3 |  | 3 years
Total definite-lived intangibles |  | 2,605 |  |  | 1,750 |  |  | 855 |  |  | 2,244 |  |  | 1,582 |  |  | 662 |  |
Debt issuance costs |  | 21,746 |  |  | 1,584 |  |  | 20,162 |  |  | 15,482 |  |  | 10,546 |  |  | 4,936 |  | Term of debt
Prepaid assets - long-term |  | 1,457 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,457 |  |  | 1,995 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,995 |  |
Software costs and other |  | 12,137 |  |  | 10,096 |  |  | 2,041 |  |  | 12,629 |  |  | 9,659 |  |  | 2,970 |  |
| $ | 37,945 |  | $ | 13,430 |  | $ | 24,515 |  | $ | 32,350 |  | $ | 21,787 |  | $ | 10,563 |  |
The following table presents the various categories of amortization expense for the periods indicated, including deferred financing expense which is reflected as interest expense:
|  | Amortization Expense
|  | For The Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Definite-lived assets |  | $ | 284 |  | $ | 197 |  | $ | 246
Deferred financing expense |  |  | 3,567 |  |  | 3,912 |  |  | 1,518
Software costs |  |  | 667 |  |  | 1,100 |  |  | 1,294
Total amortization expense for deferred charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
and other assets |  | $ | 4,518 |  | $ | 5,209 |  | $ | 3,058
The following table presents the Company's estimate of amortization expense, for each of the five succeeding years for: (1) deferred charges and other assets; and (2) definite-lived assets:
|  | Future Amortization Expense
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Definite-Lived
|  | Total |  | Other |  | Assets
Years ending December 31, |  | (amounts in thousands)
2012 |  | $ | 3,764 |  | $ | 3,582 |  |  | 182
2013 |  |  | 3,611 |  |  | 3,457 |  |  | 154
2014 |  |  | 3,104 |  |  | 2,998 |  |  | 106
2015 |  |  | 3,014 |  |  | 2,947 |  |  | 67
2016 |  |  | 2,904 |  |  | 2,855 |  |  | 49
Thereafter |  |  | 6,252 |  |  | 5,955 |  |  | 297
Total |  | $ | 22,649 |  | $ | 21,794 |  | $ | 855

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