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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value Disclosures Abstract |  |
Schedule of recurring fair value measurements |
|  | September 30, 2013
|  | 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)
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) |  | $ | 4,925 |  | $ | 4,925 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation (2) |  | $ | 9,700 |  | $ | 9,700 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
|  | December 31, 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)
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) |  | $ | 6,695 |  | $ | 6,695 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation (2) |  | $ | 8,377 |  | $ | 8,377 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Lease abandonment liability (3): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  | $ | 72 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 72 |  | $ | -
Long-term |  | $ | 609 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 609 |  | $ | -
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Impairment Loss |  |
Assets Subject To Non-Recurring Fair Value Measurement
|  |  | December 31, 2012 |  |  |
|  |  | Based Upon The Valuation As Of June 30, 2012 |  |  |
|  |  | Fair Value Measurements Using |  |  |
|  |  |  | Quoted Prices |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | In Active |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | For The Nine
|  |  |  |  | Markets For |  | Significant |  |  |  |  | Months 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,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | Carrying |  | Fair |  | Carrying |  | Fair
|  | Value |  | Value |  | Value |  | Value
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Credit Facility (1) |  | $ | 308,000 |  | $ | 309,540 |  | $ | 352,500 |  | $ | 356,686
Senior Notes (2) |  | $ | 217,552 |  | $ | 246,922 |  | $ | 217,349 |  | $ | 241,257
Finance method lease obligations (3) |  | $ | - |  |  |  |  | $ | 12,610 |  |  |
Letter of credit (4) |  | $ | 370 |  |  |  | $ | 570 |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of gains or losses for the period included in earnings or resulted in a change to net assets, have arisen from the use of significant unobservable inputs (level 3) to measure the fair value of assets, liabilities, and financial instruments classified in shareholders' equity. + 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=7578670&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 -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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