SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments Abstract

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Market Based

			Years Ended December 31,
			2015			2014			2013
			(amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Reconciliation Of RSUs With Market Conditions
	Beginning of period balance			290			-			200
	Number of RSUs granted			165			290			-
	Number of RSUs forfeited			-			-			(200)
	Number of RSUs vested			(65)			-			-
	End of period balance			390			290			-
	Average fair value of RSUs issued with market
	conditions		$	8.39		$	6.90		$	-

Schedule Of Other Options Dislcosure

		Years Ended December 31,
Option Issuance And Exercise Data		2015						2014						2013
		(amounts in thousands except for per share and years)
		From			To			From			To			From			To
Exercise price range of options issued		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	8.72		$	8.72
Upon vesting, period to exercise in years			-			-			-			-			1			10
Fair value per share upon grant		$	-					$	-					$	6.07
Fair value per share upon exercise		$	8.57					$	8.99					$	7.15
Intrinsic value of options exercised		$	101					$	517					$	1,228
Tax benefit from options exercised ⁽¹⁾		$	38					$	196					$	466
Cash received from exercise price of
options exercised		$	35					$	82					$	245
Number of options granted			-						-						5

Stock Option Valuation Assumptions

	Option Valuation Estimates
	Years Ended December 31,
	2015			2014		2013
Expected life (years)		no options issued		no options issued		6.3
Expected volatility factor (%)						78.8
Risk-free interest rate (%)						2.0
Expected dividend yield (%)						-

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						December 31,		Contractual		Exercise			December 31,		Exercise
From			To			2015		Life		Price			2015		Price
$	1.34		$	1.34		432,925		3.1		$	1.34		432,925		$	1.34
$	2.02		$	11.78		34,000		2.7		$	9.50		34,000		$	9.50
$	1.34		$	11.78		466,925		3.1		$	1.93		466,925		$	1.93

Schedule of recognized stock-based compensation expense

		Years Ended December 31,
		2015			2014			2013
			(amounts in thousands)

Station operating expenses		$	1,259		$	919		$	766
Corporate general and administrative expenses			4,265			4,313			3,504
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses			5,524			5,232			4,270
Income tax benefit ⁽¹⁾			2,036			1,502			1,080
Net stock-based compensation expense		$	3,488		$	3,730		$	3,190

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Vested And Released

		Years Ended December 31,
		2015						2014						2013
		Shares			Amount			Shares			Amount			Shares			Amount
		(amounts in thousands, except per share)

RSUs issued			796		$	9,045			685		$	5,754			361		$	2,906
RSUs forfeited - service based			(58)			(709)			(47)			(727)			(64)			(685)
RSUs forfeited - market based			-			-			-			-			(200)			(2,110)
Net RSUs issued and increase
(decrease) to paid-in capital			738		$	8,336			638		$	5,027			97		$	111
Weighted average grant date
fair value per share		$	11.36					$	8.40					$	8.05
Fair value of shares vested per share		$	11.85					$	10.58					$	8.76
RSUs vested and released			406						410						547

Resticted Stock Unit Valuation Assumptions

	Years Ended
	December 31,
	2015		2014

Expected Volatility Structure ⁽¹⁾	34% to 39%		33% to 42%
Risk Free Interest Rate ⁽²⁾	0.1% to 1.1%		0.1% to 0.4%
Dividend Yield ⁽³⁾	0.0%		0.0%

Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Restricted Stock Units, Vested and Expected to Vest

				Number					Weighted		Aggregate
				Of		Weighted			Average		Intrinsic
				Restricted		Average			Remaining		Value As Of
				Stock		Purchase			Contractual		December 31,
	Period Ended			Units		Price			Term (Years)		2015

RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2014			1,258,685
RSUs awarded				795,693
RSUs released				(406,463)
RSUs forfeited				(57,498)
RSUs outstanding as of:	December 31, 2015			1,590,417		$	-		1.1		$	18,051,233
RSUs vested and expected
to vest as of:	December 31, 2015			1,512,428		$	-		1.0		$	16,242,396
RSUs exercisable (vested and
deferred) as of:	December 31, 2015			81,380		$	-		-		$	923,663
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years				1.8
Unamortized compensation
expense, net of estimated
forfeitures			$	7,988,821

Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding

									Weighted		Intrinsic
						Weighted			Average		Value
						Average			Remaining		As Of
			Number Of			Exercise			Contractual		December 31,
	Period Ended		Options			Price			Term (Years)		2015

Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2014			486,675		$	2.11
Options granted				-			-
Options exercised				(11,750)			3.02
Options forfeited				(3,750)			8.72
Options expired				(4,250)			13.63
Options outstanding as of:	December 31, 2015			466,925		$	1.93		3.1		$	4,401,204
Options vested and expected to
vest as of:	December 31, 2015			466,925		$	1.93		3.1		$	4,401,204
Options vested and exercisable as of:	December 31, 2015			466,925		$	1.93		3.1		$	4,401,204
Weighted average remaining
recognition period in years				-
Unamortized compensation expense,
net of estimated forfeitures			$	10,307

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Text Block]

			Years Ended December 31,
			2015			2014			2013
			(amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Reconciliation Of RSUs With Performance Conditions
	Beginning of period balance			8			-			-
	Number of RSUs granted			21			11			-
	Number of RSUs that did not meet criteria			-			(3)			-
	Number of RSUs vested			-			-			-
	End of period balance			29			8			-
	Average fair value of RSUs issued with performance
	conditions		$	11.11		$	9.60		$	-