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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value Disclosures Abstract |  |
Schedule of recurring fair value measurements |
|  | September 30, 2012
|  | Value Measurements At Reporting Date Using
|  |  |  |  | Quoted Prices |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | In Active |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Markets For |  | Significant |  |  |
|  |  |  | Identical |  | Other |  | Significant
|  |  |  | Assets Or |  | Observable |  | Unobservable
|  |  |  | Liabilities |  | Inputs |  | Inputs
Description |  | Total |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
|  | Assets (Liabilities)
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) |  | $ | 3,838 |  | $ | 3,838 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation (2) |  | $ | (8,022) |  | $ | (8,022) |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Lease abandonment liability (3): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  | $ | (67) |  | $ | - |  | $ | (67) |  | $ | -
Long-term |  | $ | (629) |  | $ | - |  | $ | (629) |  | $ | -
|  | December 31, 2011
|  | Value Measurements At Reporting Date Using
|  |  |  |  | Quoted Prices |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | In Active |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Markets For |  | Significant |  |  |
|  |  |  | Identical |  | Other |  | Significant
|  |  |  | Assets Or |  | Observable |  | Unobservable
|  |  |  | Liabilities |  | Inputs |  | Inputs
Description |  | Total |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
|  | Assets (Liabilities)
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) |  | $ | 3,625 |  | $ | 3,625 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation (2) |  | $ | (6,824) |  | $ | (6,824) |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Lease abandonment liability (3): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  | $ | (54) |  | $ | - |  | $ | (54) |  | $ | -
Long-term |  | $ | (681) |  | $ | - |  | $ | (681) |  | $ | -
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges Designated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As Qualifying Instruments (4): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  | $ | (1,346) |  | $ | - |  | $ | (1,346) |  | $ | -
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Impairment Loss |
Non-Recurring Assets Subject To Fair Value Measurement
|  |  | September 30, 2012 |  |  |
|  |  | Based Upon The Valuation As Of June 30, 2012 |  |  |
|  |  | Fair Value Measurements Using |  |  |
|  |  |  | Quoted Prices |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | In Active |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | For The
|  |  |  |  | Markets For |  | Significant |  |  |  |  | Period Ended
|  |  |  |  | Identical |  | Other |  | Significant |  | September 30,
|  |  |  |  | Assets Or |  | Observable | Unobservable | 2012
|  |  |  |  | Liabilities |  | Inputs |  | Inputs |  | Impairment
Description |  | Total |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3) |  | Loss
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Radio broadcasting licenses |  | $ | 100,512 |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 100,512 |  | $ | 22,307
Schedule Of Carrying Value Of Financial Instruments |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | Carrying |  | Fair |  | Carrying |  | Fair
|  | Value |  | Value |  | Value |  | Value
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Credit Facility (1) |  | $ | 369,500 |  | $ | 372,964 |  | $ | 385,000 |  | $ | 385,000
Senior Notes (2) |  | $ | 217,285 |  | $ | 236,841 |  | $ | 217,103 |  | $ | 216,696
Finance method lease obligations (3) |  | $ | 12,610 |  |  |  |  | $ | 12,610 |  |  |
Letter of credit (4) |  | $ | 570 |  |  |  | $ | 570 |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the total amount of gains or losses for the period which are included in earnings or resulted in a change to net assets which gains or losses have arisen from the use of significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities. Such gains or losses are attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to those assets and liabilities so valued which are still held at the reporting date and which change are also considered for disclosure; it may be expected that a description of where those unrealized gains or losses are reported in the statement of income or the statement of financial position would also be disclosed. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph d -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 157 -Paragraph 32 -Subparagraph c(1) -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(1),(d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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