SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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	2013		2012
	(amounts in thousands)

Intrinsic value of options exercised	$	1,093	$	446
Tax benefit from options exercised ⁽¹⁾	$	415	$	169
Cash received from exercise price of options exercised	$	219	$	120

Schedule Of significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options

				Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
				Number Of	Weighted			Number Of
				Options	Average	Weighted		Options	Weighted
Range Of				Outstanding	Remaining	Average		Exercisable	Average
Exercise Prices				September 30,	Contractual	Exercise		September 30,	Exercise
From		To		2013	Life	Price		2013	Price
$	1.34	$	2.02	522,518	5.3	$	1.34	522,518	$	1.34
$	4.76	$	6.62	16,000	6.0	$	5.58	13,750	$	5.43
$	8.72	$	11.31	15,000	6.2	$	10.39	10,000	$	11.23
$	11.69	$	11.78	15,750	4.3	$	11.72	15,750	$	11.72
$	33.90	$	48.21	9,000	1.0	$	37.72	9,000	$	37.72
$	1.34	$	48.21	578,268	5.3	$	2.54	571,018	$	2.47

Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense

	Three Months Ended

	September 30,
	2013		2012
	(amounts in thousands)

Station operating expenses	$	187	$	169
Corporate general and administrative expenses		695		1,097
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses		882		1,266
Income tax benefit ⁽¹⁾		230		358
Net stock-based compensation expense	$	652	$	908

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2013		2012
		(amounts in thousands)

Station operating expenses	$	522	$	433
Corporate general and administrative expenses		2,458		3,549
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses		2,980		3,982
Income tax benefit ⁽¹⁾		791		1,119
Net stock-based compensation expense	$	2,189	$	2,863

Restricted Stock Units Activity [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)	2013

RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2012		1,481,268
RSUs awarded			341,377
RSUs released			(434,842)
RSUs forfeited			(43,107)
RSUs outstanding as of:	September 30, 2013		1,344,696	$	-	1.1	$	11,806,431
RSUs vested and expected
to vest as of:	September 30, 2013		1,251,546	$	-	1.1	$	10,224,751
RSUs exercisable (vested and
deferred) as of:	September 30, 2013		86,996	$	-	0.0	$	763,825
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			2.2
Unamortized compensation
expense, net of estimated
forfeitures		$	5,318,998

Options Activity [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)	2013

Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2012		742,550	$	2.39
Options granted			5,000		8.72
Options exercised			(153,782)		1.44
Options forfeited			(3,625)		1.34
Options expired			(11,875)		10.16
Options outstanding as of:	September 30, 2013		578,268	$	2.54	5.3	$	3,938,379

Options vested and expected to vest as of:	September 30, 2013		577,466	$	2.53	5.3	$	3,938,280
Options vested and exercisable as of:	September 30, 2013		571,018	$	2.47	5.2	$	3,932,860
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years			2.7
Unamortized compensation expense,
net of estimated forfeitures		$	27,367

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of option exercise prices, by grouped ranges, including the upper and lower limits of the price range, the number of shares under option, weighted average exercise price and remaining contractual option terms.

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