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Annual
    Unit: USD2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 2002-09-30 2002-06-30 2002-03-31 2001-09-30 2001-06-30 
      
                                                                                                   
      revenue:
                                                                                                   
      media revenue
    765,000,000                                                                                               
      non-media revenue
    8,000,000                                                                                               
      total revenue
    773,000,000                                                                                               
      yoy
                                                                                                   
      qoq
                                                                                                   
      operating expenses:
                                                                                                   
      media programming and production expenses
    413,000,000 420,000,000 418,000,000 414,000,000 414,000,000 425,000,000 408,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 413,000,000 398,000,000 385,000,000 396,000,000 403,000,000 758,000,000 901,000,000 1,022,000,000 1,345,000,000 1,023,000,000 447,000,000 1,077,000,000 383,000 828,000,000 858,000 560,000                                                                       
      media selling, general and administrative expenses
    203,000,000 200,000,000 192,000,000 203,000,000 201,000,000 194,000,000 196,000,000 190,000,000 176,000,000 190,000,000 191,000,000 207,000,000 190,000,000 195,000,000 220,000,000 233,000,000 228,000,000 234,000,000 213,000,000 224,000,000 212,000,000 186,000 210,000,000 222,000 185,000 164,755,000 159,923,000 177,645,000 154,581,000 150,794,000 146,899,000 148,165,000 133,605,000 127,046,000 124,721,000 131,420,000 126,672,000 128,488,000 115,009,000                                                         
      amortization of program costs
    21,000,000 17,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000                                                                                          
      non-media expenses
    12,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 15,000,000 9,000,000 12,000,000 9,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 13,000,000 15,000,000 11,000,000 14,000,000 17,000,000 22,000,000 18,000,000 21,000 30,000,000 36,000 42,000 39,210,000 39,300,000 37,771,000 32,476,000 31,021,000 21,223,000                                                                 
      depreciation of property and equipment
    25,000,000 24,000,000 26,000,000 25,000,000 26,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 24,000,000 32,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 28,000,000 30,000,000 28,000,000 28,000,000 28,000,000 27,000,000 25,000,000 26,000 24,000,000 28,000 24,000 22,305,000 23,020,000 29,763,000 25,035,000 23,117,000 27,325,000 25,077,000 24,442,000 23,603,000 23,981,000 24,199,000 25,886,000 24,409,000 24,035,000 27,495,000 25,476,000 25,273,000 25,189,000 28,319,000 25,342,000 25,252,000 24,378,000 23,446,000 17,408,000 15,105,000 14,595,000 12,389,000 12,846,000 12,655,000 9,489,000 9,351,000 7,602,000 7,859,000 8,058,000 8,563,000 9,022,000 9,097,000 9,625,000 10,436,000 9,995,000 10,528,000 11,933,000 10,953,000 11,700,000 11,559,000 10,553,000 8,165,000 10,555,000 11,632,000 10,897,000 10,367,000 10,907,000 12,686,000                10,076,000 9,635,000 
      corporate general and administrative expenses
    40,000,000 45,000,000 52,000,000 36,000,000 41,000,000 50,000,000 58,000,000 529,000,000 45,000,000 62,000,000 58,000,000 45,000,000 30,000,000 38,000,000 47,000,000 38,000,000 35,000,000 36,000,000 61,000,000 37,000,000 30,000,000 32,000 49,000,000 70,000 237,000 51,655,000 27,726,000 22,467,000 34,322,000 29,685,000 24,596,000 41,795,000 25,831,000 25,051,000 20,576,000 18,884,000 19,052,000 14,279,000 21,341,000 17,867,000 16,209,000 14,154,000 16,016,000 19,184,000 16,991,000 17,403,000 15,835,000 14,320,000 16,109,000 11,447,000 11,250,000 8,225,000 8,286,000 7,513,000 9,367,000 6,784,000 5,789,000 7,073,000 8,664,000 6,737,000 6,236,000 7,250,000 6,577,000 7,147,000 6,109,000 6,017,000 6,359,000 6,162,000 5,919,000 7,483,000 6,721,000 5,446,000 5,497,000 7,427,000 5,964,000 5,736,000 5,141,000 6,211,000 5,632,000 5,199,000 4,595,000 5,386,000 5,665,000 4,559,000 5,344,000 7,434,000 7,432,000 5,538,000 6,445,000 5,840,000      
      amortization of definite-lived intangible assets
    37,000,000 35,000,000 36,000,000 28,250,000 37,000,000 38,000,000 38,000,000 31,000,000 42,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 44,750,000 43,000,000 43,000,000                          29,859,750 40,014,000 39,445,000 39,980,000    24,728,000    16,002,000    5,899,000 4,028,000 4,393,000 4,028,000 4,550,000                                     
      gain on asset dispositions and other
    -36,000,000                                                                                               
      total operating expenses
    715,000,000 763,000,000 762,000,000 738,000,000 738,000,000 765,000,000 756,000,000 1,212,000,000 730,000,000 771,000,000 752,000,000 -189,750,000 689,000,000 730,000,000  1,311,000,000 1,462,000,000 1,790,000,000 1,476,000,000 887,000,000 5,755,000,000 791,000 1,282,000,000 1,345,000 1,131,000 664,720,000 628,505,000 630,371,000 608,450,000 598,561,000 558,038,000 376,421,000 567,444,000 560,441,000 492,306,000 564,245,000 539,841,000 537,460,000 492,550,000 487,547,000 448,798,000 439,827,000 420,228,000 404,869,000 393,293,000 352,097,000 331,648,000 324,479,000 265,796,000 229,874,000 218,962,000 205,827,000 181,932,000 181,562,000 163,914,000 149,276,000 128,635,000 129,029,000 129,027,000 144,211,000 130,357,000 128,860,000 123,401,000 249,420,000 124,394,000 132,448,000 261,445,000 611,402,000 140,789,000 150,303,000 140,439,000 101,967,000 143,765,000 138,806,000 129,527,000 159,530,000 130,403,000 137,911,000 134,535,000 125,499,000 131,293,000 132,167,000 114,622,000 142,341,000 147,950,000 146,085,000 147,084,000 137,726,000 140,245,000 140,663,000 136,580,000 142,578,000 139,609,000 162,659,000 168,400,000 
      operating income
    58,000,000 21,000,000 14,000,000 266,000,000 179,000,000 64,000,000 42,000,000 -386,000,000 37,000,000 -3,000,000 21,000,000 253,000,000 154,000,000 107,000,000 3,466,000,000 165,000,000 73,000,000 -178,000,000 35,000,000 625,000,000 -4,216,000,000 492,000 327,000,000 277,000 -6,000 105,999,000 93,598,000 262,954,000 157,810,000 131,582,000 107,314,000 357,582,000 103,447,000 118,849,000 157,629,000 233,446,000 153,994,000 129,074,000 86,339,000 124,243,000 99,606,000 114,340,000 84,547,000 208,949,000 101,663,000 103,039,000 81,000,000 103,236,000 72,848,000 84,280,000 63,656,000 119,035,000 78,557,000 71,992,000 59,922,000 63,888,000 52,233,000 57,558,000 50,460,000 81,344,000 56,095,000 56,691,000 46,227,000  35,733,000 25,824,000  31,733,000 37,402,000 43,312,000 46,218,000 47,007,000 32,934,000 41,859,000 37,328,000 38,591,000 38,055,000 47,181,000 44,249,000 40,291,000 52,340,000 32,517,000 34,681,000 39,128,000 53,064,000 30,408,000 45,768,000 41,711,000 55,530,000 30,014,000 42,957,000 49,039,000 27,871,000 4,920,000 24,188,000 
      yoy
    -67.60% -67.19% -66.67% -168.91% 383.78% -2233.33% 100.00% -252.57% -75.97% -102.80% -99.39% 53.33% 110.96% -160.11% 9802.86% -73.60% -101.73% -36278.86% -89.30% 225531.77% 70266566.67% -99.54% 249.37% -99.89% -100.00% -19.44% -12.78% -26.46% 52.55% 10.71% -31.92% 53.18% -32.82% -7.92% 82.57% 87.89% 54.60% 12.89% 2.12% -40.54% -2.02% 10.97% 4.38% 102.40% 39.55% 22.26% 27.25% -13.27% -7.27% 17.07% 6.23% 86.32% 50.40% 25.08% 18.75% -21.46% -6.88% 1.53% 9.16%  56.98% 119.53%   -4.46% -40.38%  -32.49% 13.57% 3.47% 23.82% 21.81% -13.46% -11.28% -15.64% -4.22% -27.29% 45.10% 27.59% 2.97% -1.36% 6.94% -24.22% -6.19% -4.44% 1.31% 6.54% -14.94% 99.24% 510.04% 77.60%     
      qoq
    176.19% 50.00% -94.74% 48.60% 179.69% 52.38% -110.88% -1143.24% -1333.33% -114.29% -91.70% 64.29% 43.93% -96.91% 2000.61% 126.03% -141.01% -608.57% -94.40% -114.82% -857010.57% -99.85% 117950.54% -4716.67% -100.01% 13.25% -64.41% 66.63% 19.93% 22.61% -69.99% 245.67% -12.96% -24.60% -32.48% 51.59% 19.31% 49.50% -30.51% 24.73% -12.89% 35.24% -59.54% 105.53% -1.34% 27.21% -21.54% 41.71% -13.56% 32.40% -46.52% 51.53% 9.12% 20.14% -6.21% 22.31% -9.25% 14.07% -37.97% 45.01% -1.05% 22.64%   38.37%   -15.16% -13.65% -6.29% -1.68% 42.73% -21.32% 12.14% -3.27% 1.41% -19.34% 6.63% 9.82% -23.02% 60.96% -6.24% -11.37% -26.26% 74.51% -33.56% 9.73% -24.89% 85.01% -30.13% -12.40% 75.95% 466.48% -79.66%  
      operating margin %
    7.50%                                                                                               
      other income:
                                                                                                   
      interest expense including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs
    -85,000,000 -82,000,000 -144,000,000 -74,000,000 -78,000,000 -76,000,000 -76,000,000 -78,000,000 -77,000,000 -76,000,000 -74,000,000 -68,000,000 -59,000,000 -54,000,000 -115,000,000 -152,000,000 -155,000,000 -160,000,000 -151,000,000 -154,000,000 -157,000,000 -165,000 -180,000,000                                                                         
      gain on extinguishment of debt
     4,000,000 2,000,000    1,000,000  4,000,000 11,000,000    3,000,000      1,250,000  3,000                                                                          
      income from equity method investments
    -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -6,000,000 26,000,000  78,000,000 14,000,000 -1,000,000  -1,000,000 31,000,000 8,000,000 33,000,000 3,000,000 12,000,000 22,000,000 12,000,000 2,000,000 9,000,000 -13,000,000 -10,000,000 -7,000 -6,000,000 3,000 -12,000 -11,844,000 -13,637,000                                                                     
      other income
    29,000,000 -18,000,000 -66,000,000 7,000,000 24,000,000 -42,000,000 40,000,000 3,000,000 -21,000,000 -38,000,000 11,000,000 26,000,000 10,000,000 -105,000,000 -60,000,000 -73,000,000 -4,000,000 -61,000,000 124,000,000 156,000,000 169,000,000 4,000 -4,000,000 -6,000 3,000 5,533,000 2,195,000 -9,760,000 5,674,000 4,184,000 3,271,000 3,275,000 2,342,000 1,563,000 1,696,000 789,000 789,000 1,104,000 462,000 320,000 -48,000 1,050,000 218,000 2,415,000 651,000 1,015,000 917,000 599,000 488,000 482,000 457,000 500,000 547,000 705,000 452,000 59,000 583,000 585,000 469,000 900,000 557,000 571,000 639,000 438,000 446,000 403,000 648,000 955,000 1,441,000 1,024,000 367,000 283,000 268,000 455,000 221,000 711,000  607,000 -34,000 206,000 71,000 76,000 323,000 183,000 225,000 164,000 490,000 190,000 422,000 366,000 426,000 849,000 750,000 536,000 289,000 
      total other income
    -58,000,000 -97,000,000 -214,000,000 -41,000,000 -54,000,000 -40,000,000 -21,000,000 -76,000,000 -94,000,000 -104,000,000 -32,000,000 -34,000,000 -16,000,000 -153,000,000 -163,000,000 -210,000,000 -147,000,000 -219,000,000 -18,000,000 -26,000,000 2,000,000 -165,000 -188,000,000 -198,000 -138,000 -59,989,000 -66,068,000 -69,462,000 -95,458,000 -105,570,000 -78,948,000 -58,718,000 -53,763,000 -47,934,000 -58,347,000 -54,589,000 -74,975,000 -51,869,000 -48,530,000 -52,690,000 -48,362,000 -44,607,000                         868,000                             
      income before income taxes
     -76,000,000 -200,000,000 225,000,000 125,000,000 24,000,000 21,000,000 -462,000,000 -57,000,000 -107,000,000 -11,000,000 219,000,000 138,000,000 -46,000,000 3,303,000,000 -45,000,000 -74,000,000 -397,000,000 17,000,000 599,000,000 -4,214,000,000   79,000 -144,000 46,010,000 27,530,000 193,492,000 62,352,000 26,012,000 28,366,000 298,864,000 49,684,000 70,915,000 99,282,000 178,857,000 79,019,000 77,205,000 37,809,000 40,560,000 51,244,000 69,733,000 41,263,000                                        11,103,750 5,837,000 38,109,000 469,000 22,642,000 17,533,000 2,236,000       
      income tax benefit
    1,000,000 14,000,000 46,000,000 -46,000,000 -29,000,000 -5,000,000 4,000,000 122,000,000 12,000,000 20,000,000 204,000,000 -157,000,000 -109,000,000 40,000,000 -687,000,000 4,000,000 91,000,000 69,000,000 9,000,000 -85,000,000 847,000,000  12,000,000 8,000 95,000 -2,627,000 -4,759,000 14,202,000 2,648,000 3,297,000 15,628,000                                 23,383,000   18,800,000       1,195,000 843,000  12,318,000             2,643,000  2,646,000 491,000 19,907,000 3,261,000 
      net income
    1,000,000 -62,000,000 -154,000,000 179,000,000 96,000,000 19,000,000 25,000,000 -340,000,000 -45,000,000 -87,000,000 193,000,000 62,000,000 29,000,000 -6,000,000 2,616,000,000 -41,000,000 17,000,000 -328,000,000 26,000,000 514,000,000 -3,367,000,000 273,000 151,000,000 87,000 -49,000 43,383,000 22,771,000 207,694,000 65,000,000 29,309,000 43,994,000 444,801,000 32,566,000 46,035,000 70,703,000 122,500,000 52,033,000 50,600,000 25,629,000 60,830,000 44,034,000 46,399,000 24,836,000 97,089,000 48,768,000 41,601,000 27,657,000 4,237,000 36,651,000 18,059,000 16,870,000 59,395,000 26,352,000 30,132,000 29,074,000 23,242,000 19,331,000 18,477,000 15,127,000 32,957,000 14,145,000 16,952,000 10,994,000 -67,760 16,100,000 2,586,000 -85,655 -282,837,000 11,655,000 13,278,000 16,413,000 12,990,000 9,901,000 2,197,000  11,111,000 22,565,000 10,283,000 -717,000 31,578,000 145,140,000 11,309,000 -2,586,000 3,508,000 22,811,000 289,000 18,607,000 6,463,000 670,000      -17,720,000 
      yoy
    -98.96% -426.32% -716.00% -152.65% -313.33% -121.84% -87.05% -648.39% -255.17% 1350.00% -92.62% -251.22% 70.59% -98.17% 9961.54% -107.98% -100.50% -120246.52% -82.78% 590704.60% 6871328.57% -99.37% 563.12% -99.96% -100.08% 48.02% -48.24% -53.31% 99.59% -36.33% -37.78% 263.10% -37.41% -9.02% 175.87% 101.38% 18.17% 9.05% 3.19% -37.35% -9.71% 11.53% -10.20% 2191.46% 33.06% 130.36% 63.94% -92.87% 39.08% -40.07% -41.98% 155.55% 36.32% 63.08% 92.20% -29.48% 36.66% 9.00% 37.59% -48737.84% -12.14% 555.53% -12935.21% -99.98% 38.14% -80.52% -100.52% -2277.34% 17.72% 504.37%  16.91% -56.12% -78.63%  -64.81% -84.45% -9.07% -72.27% 800.17% 536.27% 3813.15% -113.90% -45.72% 3304.63%           
      qoq
    -101.61% -59.74% -186.03% 86.46% 405.26% -24.00% -107.35% 655.56% -48.28% -145.08% 211.29% 113.79% -583.33% -100.23% -6480.49% -341.18% -105.18% -1361.54% -94.94% -115.27% -1233433.33% -99.82% 173463.22% -277.55% -100.11% 90.52% -89.04% 219.53% 121.77% -33.38% -90.11% 1265.84% -29.26% -34.89% -42.28% 135.43% 2.83% 97.43% -57.87% 38.14% -5.10% 86.82% -74.42% 99.08% 17.23% 50.42% 552.75% -88.44% 102.95% 7.05% -71.60% 125.39% -12.54% 3.64% 25.09% 20.23% 4.62% 22.15% -54.10% 132.99% -16.56% 54.19% -16324.91% -100.42% 522.58% -3119.09% -99.97% -2526.74% -12.22% -19.10% 26.35% 31.20% 350.66%   -50.76% 119.44% -1534.17% -102.27% -78.24% 1183.40% -537.32% -173.72% -84.62% 7793.08% -98.45% 187.90% 864.63%        
      net income margin %
    0.13%                                                                                               
      net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests
    -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -12,000,000    -25,000,000    -34,000,000   -9,000 -8,000,000 -7,000  -1,086,000 -1,099,000 -1,493,000 -1,125,000 -1,268,000 -871,000 -1,271,000 -1,929,000 -1,390,000 -13,501,000 -1,603,000 -1,188,000 -1,181,000 -1,489,000 -2,630,000 -779,000 -612,000         127,000    285,000   102,000 152,000   321,000 526,000                                 
      net income attributable to sinclair
    -1,000,000 -64,000,000 -156,000,000 176,000,000 94,000,000 17,000,000 23,000,000 -341,000,000 -46,000,000 -89,000,000                                                                                      
      earnings per common share attributable to sinclair:
                                                                                                   
      basic earnings per share
    -0.02 -0.91 -2.3 2.66 1.43 0.27 0.35 -5.21 -0.74 -1.38 2.65 0.95 0.32 -0.17 35.85 -1.18 0.25 -4.41 -0.16 4.97 -43.53 3.13 1.36 0.47 -0.65 0.46 0.23 2.06 0.63 0.27 0.42 4.43 0.3 0.43 0.62 1.3 0.54 0.52 0.25 0.62 0.46 0.48 0.26 0.99 0.5 0.43 0.27 0.01 0.37 0.19  0.73 0.33 0.37    0.23    0.22              0.125 0.26                   
      diluted earnings per share
    -0.02 -0.91 -2.3 2.64 1.43 0.27 0.35 -5.21 -0.74 -1.38 2.64 0.95 0.32 -0.17 35.84 -1.18 0.25 -4.41 -0.16 4.97 -43.53 3.12 1.35 0.46 -0.64 0.45 0.23 2.04 0.62 0.27 0.42 4.4 0.3 0.43 0.61 1.3 0.54 0.52 0.25 0.61 0.45 0.48 0.25 0.98 0.49 0.42 0.27  0.36 0.19  0.73 0.32 0.37    0.23    0.21              0.125 0.25                   
      basic weighted-average common shares outstanding
    69,660 69,589 67,489 65,782 66,355 66,189 64,156 65,125 63,325 64,012 69,744 70,653 69,907 70,897 72,164 75,050 75,472 75,331 74,389 79,924 74,810                                                                           
      diluted weighted-average common and common equivalent shares outstanding
    69,660 69,589 67,489 66,096 66,526 66,189 64,403 65,125 63,325 64,012 69,864 70,656 69,907 70,897 72,176 75,050 75,516 75,331 74,389 79,924 74,810                                                                           
      revenues:
                                                                                                   
      media revenues
     777,000,000 770,000,000 992,000,000 908,000,000 819,000,000 792,000,000 821,000,000 758,000,000 761,000,000 766,000,000 952,000,000 836,000,000 831,000,000 1,275,000,000 1,460,000,000 1,526,000,000 1,600,000,000 1,497,000,000 1,490,000,000 1,519,000,000 1,260,000 1,574,000,000 1,581,000 1,070,000 720,898,000 673,364,000 848,853,000 730,361,000 695,862,000 643,651,000 685,399,000 624,169,000 631,822,000 602,486,000 726,689,000 635,269,000 606,268,000 531,323,000                                                         
      non-media revenues
     7,000,000 6,000,000 12,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 13,000,000 16,000,000 9,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 22,000,000 20,000,000 23,000 35,000,000 41,000 55,000 49,821,000 48,739,000 44,472,000 35,899,000 34,281,000 21,701,000                                                                 
      total revenues
     784,000,000 776,000,000 1,004,000,000 917,000,000 829,000,000 798,000,000 826,000,000 767,000,000 768,000,000 773,000,000 960,000,000 843,000,000 837,000,000 1,288,000,000 1,476,000,000 1,535,000,000 1,612,000,000 1,511,000,000 1,512,000,000 1,539,000,000 1,283,000 1,609,000,000 1,622,000 1,125,000 770,719,000 722,103,000 893,325,000 766,260,000 730,143,000 665,352,000 734,003,000 670,891,000 679,290,000 649,935,000 797,691,000 693,835,000 666,534,000 578,889,000 611,790,000 548,404,000 554,167,000 504,775,000 613,818,000 494,956,000 455,136,000 412,648,000 427,715,000 338,644,000 314,154,000 282,618,000 324,862,000 260,489,000 253,554,000 223,836,000 213,164,000 180,868,000 186,587,000 179,487,000 225,555,000 186,452,000 185,551,000 169,628,000 183,340,000 160,127,000 158,272,000 154,738,000 196,011,000 178,191,000 193,615,000 186,657,000 198,069,000 176,699,000 180,665,000 166,855,000 198,121,000 168,458,000 185,092,000 178,784,000 165,790,000 183,633,000 164,684,000 149,303,000 181,469,000 201,014,000 176,493,000 192,852,000 179,437,000 195,775,000 170,677,000 179,537,000 191,617,000 167,480,000 167,579,000 192,588,000 
      loss on asset dispositions and other
     9,000,000 8,000,000                                                                                             
      loss on deconsolidation of subsidiary
                                                                                                   
      (gain) loss on asset dispositions and other, net of impairment
       -9,000,000 -13,000,000   2,750,000                                                                                        
      net income attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interests
               -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -19,000,000 -12,000 -20,000,000 -37,000 -11,000                                                                       
      loss on asset dispositions and other, net of impairment
         2,000,000                                                                                          
      amortization of program contract costs
          19,000,000 21,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 21,000,000 25,000,000 26,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 23,000,000 23,000,000 19,000,000 21,000                                                                          
      gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary
            10,000,000      -3,357,000,000                                                                                 
      net (income) loss attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interests
           1,000,000                                                                                        
      gain on asset dispositions and other, net of impairment
             5,000,000 6,000,000 -27,000,000 -28,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -45,000,000 -4,000,000 -8,000,000 -14,000,000 -16,000,000 -39,000,000 -28,000 -32,000,000 -35,000 -35,000 -13,988,000 -7,909,000                                                                     
      net income (income) attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interests
              4,000,000                                                                                     
      net income attributable to sinclair broadcast group
              185,000,000 55,000,000 21,000,000 -11,000,000 2,587,000,000 -89,000,000 19,000,000 -332,000,000 -12,000,000 467,000,000 -3,256,000,000 252,000 123,000,000 43,000 -60,000 42,297,000 21,672,000 206,201,000 63,875,000 28,041,000 43,123,000 443,530,000 30,637,000 44,645,000 57,202,000 120,897,000 50,845,000 49,419,000 24,140,000 58,200,000 43,255,000 45,787,000 24,282,000 95,445,000 48,341,000 41,335,000 27,158,000 2,303,000 36,342,000 17,826,000 16,997,000 59,002,000 26,245,000 30,060,000 29,359,000 22,702,000 19,238,000 18,579,000 15,279,000 33,079,000 14,276,000 17,273,000 11,520,000 -67,760,000 14,938,000 2,783,000 -85,655,000                             
      earnings per common share attributable to sinclair broadcast group:
                                                                                                   
      net (income) loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests
               -1,000,000 -3,000,000                                       26,500    40,250                                        
      net income (income) attributable to the noncontrolling interests
                   -6,750,000 6,000,000 1,000,000  -42,000,000 130,000,000                                       244,500 131,000                                   
      amortization of definite-lived intangible and other assets
                  93,000,000 113,000,000 120,000,000 119,000,000 125,000,000 123,000,000 149,000,000 150,000 150,000,000 144,000 96,000 43,537,000 43,464,000 43,526,000 44,600,000 43,117,000 43,605,000 46,523,000 43,368,000 43,377,000 45,554,000 46,598,000 47,807,000 45,625,000 43,765,000     41,301,000 34,478,000 24,989,000  22,093,000 17,168,000 15,557,000  11,405,000 10,669,000 10,126,000                                          
      total operating (gains) expenses
                  -2,178,000,000                                                                                 
      impairment of goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets
                        4,264,000,000                                                                           
      income before income tax
                         327,000 139,000,000                                                                         
      income tax provision
                         -54,000          -17,644,250 -17,118,000 -24,880,000 -28,579,000 -56,357,000 -26,986,000 -26,605,000 -12,180,000 -10,723,000 -7,210,000 -23,334,000                                                      
      weighted-average common shares outstanding
                         80,425 90,609 92,015 92,086 91,764 92,302 100,913 102,083 102,224 101,899 99,844 102,245 102,649 92,630 93,567 93,948 95,026 94,701 95,003 95,002 95,307 95,131 97,114 97,154 97,174 98,824 93,207 99,473 92,083 81,191 81,020 81,081 81,036 80,852 80,217 80,940 80,912 80,579 80,245 80,344 80,307 79,957 79,981 79,739 79,566 80,815 85,652 86,158 87,459 87,246  87,175,000 87,122,000 86,140,000 85,680   85,380 85,428 85,395 85,235 85,590 85,311 85,630 85,936 85,651 85,666 85,604 85,599 85,492 85,430 84,876 84,247 84,312 
      weighted-average common and common equivalent shares outstanding
                         80,737 91,226 93,185 93,435 93,163 93,218 101,718 102,789 102,986 102,917 100,789 103,055 103,665 93,692 94,433 94,766 95,934 95,614 95,728 95,692 96,050 95,771 97,819 97,896 97,864 99,502 93,845 100,239 93,604 82,064 81,310 81,379 81,294 81,127 80,532 81,195 81,169 80,836 83,606 80,627 86,985 79,957 79,981 86,155 79,566 80,815 85,652 86,158 87,463 93,958  87,227,000 87,282,000 86,140,000 85,694   85,389 85,448 85,399 85,236 85,741 85,319 85,936 86,212 85,793 85,806 85,758 85,661 85,727 85,750 85,037 84,247 84,313 
      amortization of program contract costs and net realizable value adjustments
                          23,000,000 22,000 22,000 22,084,000 23,937,000 24,757,000 24,482,000 24,710,000 26,950,000 27,561,000 28,047,000 28,896,000 31,019,000 31,158,000 32,441,000 30,821,000 33,460,000 34,605,000 29,841,000 29,782,000 30,391,000 30,492,000 28,622,000 23,574,000 23,941,000 24,179,000 19,229,000 18,656,000 18,861,000 16,793,000 14,495,000 15,467,000 14,280,000 13,962,000 12,833,000 12,666,000 12,618,000 13,700,000 15,945,000 15,303,000 15,914,000 15,443,000 17,021,000 19,865,000 20,758,000 21,175,000 21,744,000 21,794,000 19,709,000 18,382,000 29,172,000 23,108,000 21,384,000 25,318,000 24,122,000 22,683,000 18,535,000 18,587,000 16,425,000 17,230,000 15,532,000 25,367,000 22,478,000 26,561,000 26,063,000 26,470,000 23,859,000 28,690,000 30,728,000 33,015,000 33,781,000 27,254,000 27,374,000 
      gain from extinguishment of debt
                          2,000,000                                         -521,000   18,986,000 5,305,000 432,000                           
      interest expense and amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs
                           -185,000 -129,000 -53,678,000 -54,626,000 -54,210,000 -75,753,000 -92,271,000 -69,742,000 -52,295,000 -51,743,000 -50,959,000 -57,318,000 -54,324,000 -53,488,000 -53,916,000 -49,415,000 -48,569,000 -48,566,000 -47,664,000                                                      
      media production expenses
                             335,162,000 319,044,000 297,827,000 303,782,000 300,858,000 288,549,000 267,934,000 267,993,000 268,992,000 258,155,000 250,712,000 242,880,000 243,620,000 215,877,000                                                         
      gain on asset dispositions, net of impairment
                               -9,169,500 -10,828,000 -4,741,000 -21,109,000                                                                 
      income from equity investments
                               -13,834,750 -25,379,000 -17,483,000      697,250 1,423,000                                                858,000 2,521,000 145,250  662,000 185,000     86,000 
      income from extinguishment of debt
                                      -1,404,000  -23,699,000                                                           
      dividends declared per share
                                 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.185 0.18 0.18 0.165 0.165 0.165 0.165 0.165 0.165 0.165 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 1.15 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12         0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2     0.125 0.125 0.1                  
      income from equity and cost method investments
                                  -12,477,000 -9,698,000 -4,362,000 1,462,000    943,000 423,000 -4,441,000 252,000 2,007,000 3,146,000 -455,000 1,928,000 742,000 98,000 506,000 1,571,000   1,327,000 1,919,000 5,148,000 1,276,000 363,000 2,080,000 815,000 11,000    543,000 -117,000 453,000 463,000     695,000  711,000                       
      revenues realized from station barter arrangements
                                   29,146,000 31,787,000 32,460,000 27,570,000 42,992,000 32,061,000 34,003,000 26,510,000 31,387,000 28,618,000 30,373,000 20,959,000 36,419,000 28,482,000 33,336,000 24,025,000 27,750,000 20,653,000 22,047,000 18,230,000 26,250,000 21,600,000 21,391,000 17,684,000 19,541,000 17,512,000 18,498,000 17,222,000 24,637,000 17,812,000 17,985,000 14,776,000 19,355,000 13,010,000 13,919,000 11,898,000 14,829,000 14,562,000 15,848,000 14,638,000 17,572,000 14,786,000 15,772,000 13,799,000 16,480,000 12,772,000 13,629,000 13,483,000 12,039,000 15,001,000 14,536,000 12,255,000 14,455,000 17,140,000 14,189,000 16,166,000 15,725,000 16,387,000 14,117,000 14,664,000 15,847,000 15,785,000 13,127,000 15,096,000 
      other non-media revenues
                                   19,458,000 14,935,000 15,008,000 19,879,000 28,010,000 26,505,000 26,263,000 21,056,000                                                         
      expenses realized from barter arrangements
                                   19,372,750 26,696,000 27,550,000 23,245,000 19,841,250 27,181,000                                                           
      other non-media expenses
                                   18,278,000 14,945,000 14,731,000 17,245,000 22,702,000 20,488,000 19,761,000 17,697,000                                                         
      research and development expenses
                                   4,947,000 2,551,000 1,345,000 1,157,000 1,030,000 745,000 1,209,000 1,101,000 2,888,750 4,803,000 4,237,000 2,515,000                                                     
      gain on asset dispositions
                                   -13,382,750 -34,000 -150,000 -53,347,000 -1,495,500 -3,311,000                                                           
      basic and diluted earnings per common share attributable to sinclair broadcast group:
                                                                                                   
      income from equity investments and cost method investments
                                      -1,321,000                                                             
      expenses recognized from station barter arrangements
                                         29,259,000 22,925,000 26,306,000 23,105,000 26,381,000 17,412,000 31,947,000 24,764,000 29,528,000 21,477,000 23,871,000 18,082,000 19,382,000 16,014,000 24,189,000 19,693,000 19,714,000 16,257,000 17,669,000 15,815,000 16,531,000 15,727,000 22,388,000 15,716,000 15,748,000 13,231,000 15,434,000 11,164,000 11,293,000 10,228,000 12,933,000 12,760,000 14,117,000 13,517,000 15,667,000 13,317,000 14,279,000 12,465,000 14,729,000 11,451,000 12,503,000 12,013,000 11,158,000 13,884,000 13,430,000 11,141,000 13,375,000 15,814,000 13,164,000 14,244,000 14,844,000 15,372,000 12,905,000 13,259,000 14,397,000 13,868,000   
      gain on asset disposition
                                         -11,000 -2,660,000                                                         
      station broadcast revenues, net of agency commissions
                                           365,963,500 497,353,000 502,338,000 464,163,000 556,638,000 448,056,000 404,151,000 373,881,000 382,281,000 303,028,000 279,270,000 252,925,000 283,040,000 226,377,000 220,014,000 192,204,000 181,183,000 151,701,000 159,259,000 155,859,000 189,938,000 158,809,000 158,709,000 147,922,000 153,857,000 136,427,000 133,008,000 131,305,000 164,405,000 150,119,000 163,747,000 160,892,000 114,243,000 149,425,000 161,427,000 150,169,000 171,784,000 152,362,000 163,771,000 157,864,000 149,027,000 163,117,000 145,227,000 134,773,000 164,169,000 179,944,000 158,300,000 122,171,750 161,290,000 174,916,000 152,481,000 163,875,000 174,632,000 150,582,000 153,091,000 175,640,000 
      other operating divisions revenues
                                           15,885,500 22,433,000 21,456,000 19,653,000 20,761,000 18,418,000 17,649,000 14,742,000 17,684,000 14,963,000 12,837,000 11,463,000 15,572,000 12,512,000 12,149,000 13,948,000 12,440,000 11,655,000 8,830,000 6,406,000 10,980,000 9,831,000 8,857,000 6,930,000 10,128,000 10,690,000 11,345,000 11,535,000                             
      station production expenses
                                           134,638,000 186,449,000 181,088,000 171,015,000 165,408,000 150,263,000 134,303,000 127,039,000 120,038,000 98,939,000 85,694,000 80,433,000 70,309,000 61,967,000 63,350,000 60,203,000 51,857,000 41,493,000 42,917,000 42,345,000 40,951,000 38,619,000 38,645,000 35,918,000 36,215,000 34,368,000 36,889,000 34,943,000 40,739,000 38,959,000 40,412,000 38,855,000 39,151,000 35,741,000 39,279,000 36,626,000 36,934,000 36,148,000 37,046,000 40,026,000 35,486,000 38,829,000 38,055,000 31,147,000 38,165,000 39,483,000 37,941,000 39,957,000 34,617,000 36,609,000 36,754,000      
      station selling, general and administrative expenses
                                           77,471,000 105,196,000 102,801,000 101,887,000 108,783,000 97,303,000 82,595,000 81,925,000 78,382,000 66,115,000 53,297,000 51,938,000 49,503,000 43,604,000 42,234,000 36,129,000 31,843,000 31,341,000 30,192,000 30,562,000 33,665,000 32,230,000 30,554,000 30,642,000 31,446,000 28,484,000 31,993,000 30,910,000 33,644,000 33,867,000 34,020,000 34,611,000 38,669,000 33,710,000 34,637,000 34,278,000 36,946,000 34,853,000 34,574,000 34,463,000 34,218,000 34,209,000 35,063,000 33,837,000 39,719,000 41,693,000 38,998,000 37,604,000 36,668,000 36,917,000 34,706,000      
      other operating divisions expenses
                                           12,548,500 17,705,000 16,666,000 15,823,000 17,206,000 14,919,000 14,453,000 12,325,000 14,758,000 12,746,000 10,736,000 9,869,000 13,014,000 10,372,000 10,503,000 12,290,000 13,384,000 9,369,000 7,763,000 6,503,000 8,657,000 7,902,000 7,580,000 6,777,000 11,098,000 11,280,000 10,891,000 12,251,000               5,053,000 2,276,000 3,506,000 4,832,000 4,253,000   4,218,000 5,221,000      
      loss on asset dispositions
                                               152,750 611,000                                                   
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                               149,103,000 56,292,000 64,675,000 42,477,000 22,494,000 35,040,000 22,610,000 25,364,000 84,357,000 45,729,000 48,535,000 33,947,000 36,437,000 30,316,000 30,852,000 22,859,000 50,626,000 19,367,000 27,712,000 18,146,000  19,168,000 9,053,000  18,169,750 21,079,000 23,590,000 28,010,000 27,731,000 13,904,000 631,000  12,167,000 10,522,000 19,291,000 19,062,000 15,954,000 23,793,000 13,810,000              
      income from continuing operations
                                               97,089,000 48,768,000 41,601,000 27,657,000 4,237,000 30,551,000 12,956,000 16,515,000 58,716,000 26,576,000 30,199,000 29,141,000 23,353,000 19,441,000 18,376,000 14,834,000 33,332,000 14,213,000 17,020,000 11,060,000  15,855,000 2,695,000  10,334,250 11,693,000 13,100,000 16,544,000 2,291,750 9,577,000 1,826,000  7,938,000 22,840,000 10,793,000 -1,547,000 13,369,000       1,446,250 6,463,000 670,000       
      discontinued operations:
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax benefit of 0, 6,107, 0 and 10,806, respectively
                                                                                                   
      basic earnings per share from continuing operations
                                               0.99 0.5 0.43 0.27  0.3 0.14  0.72 0.33 0.37    0.23    0.22              0.12 0.27    0.15               
      basic earnings per share from discontinued operations
                                                   0.033 0.06 0.06                          0.008     1.52               
      diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
                                               0.98 0.49 0.42  0.01 0.3 0.14  0.72 0.33 0.37    0.23    0.21              0.12 0.26    0.15               
      diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations
                                                   0.033 0.06 0.05                          0.008     1.52               
      amounts attributable to sinclair broadcast group common shareholders:
                                                                                                   
      income from continuing operations, net of tax
                                               95,445 48,341 41,335 27,158 2,303 30,242 12,723 16,642 58,323 26,469 30,127 29,426 22,813 19,348 18,494 15,137     -67,651 14,693 2,892                              
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                    6,100 5,103 355       85 142     245                               
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax benefit of 0, 4,973, 0 and 4,682, respectively
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 0 and 292, respectively
                                                                                                   
      diluted earnings per share from continuing operation
                                                  0.27                                                 
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax benefit of 6,107, (36), 10,806 and (220), respectively
                                                   2,889,500 6,100,000                                               
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax benefit of 4,973, (67), 4,682 and (134), respectively
                                                     5,103,000                                              
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 292 and 77, respectively
                                                      355,000                                             
      earnings per share from continuing operations
                                                      0.2    0.36 0.165 0.24  0.19 0.135 0.18  0.14 -0.85 0.18 0.04 -1.06 -3.3 0.14 0.15 0.19        -0.02 0.16  0.07              
      earnings per share
                                                      0.21    0.36 0.165 0.24  0.19 0.135 0.18  0.14 -0.85 0.19 0.04 -1.06 -3.3 0.14 0.15 0.19                         
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax benefit of (24), 110, 194 and 366, respectively
                                                                                                   
      gain on insurance settlement
                                                         10,000 19,000 19,000   1,723,000                                     
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 67, 82, 134 and 189, respectively
                                                                                                   
      impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets
                                                                   119,458,000 243,000  130,098,000                             
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 67 and 107, respectively
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 110, 68, 300 and 202, respectively
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 140, 244, 365 and 447, respectively
                                                             101,000                                      
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 332 and 204, respectively
                                                              293,000                                     
      earnings per share from discontinued operations
                                                                                  0.02 0.21  0.03              
      amortization of definite-lived intangible assets and other assets
                                                               3,521,750 4,687,000 4,683,000 4,717,000 4,672,000 6,230,000 6,252,000 5,201,000 4,648,000 4,606,000 4,547,000 4,539,000 3,258,000 4,546,000 4,365,000 4,367,000 4,826,000 4,435,000 4,435,000 4,443,000 4,475,000 4,527,000 4,543,000 4,175,000 4,759,000 4,805,000 4,805,000 4,808,000 4,811,000 4,812,000 4,857,000 4,646,000 5,055,000    
      gain on asset exchange
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 68, 24, 202 and 241, respectively
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 68, 109, 134 and 217, respectively
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, includes income tax provision of 66 and 108, respectively
                                                                                                   
      interest income
                                                                   19,000 3,000 11,000 26,000 144,000 224,000 194,000 181,000 50,000 89,000 1,701,000 388,000 745,000 913,000 304,000 234,000 187,000 108,000 121,000 51,000 23,000 46,000 71,000 91,000 64,000 237,000 168,000 250,000 76,000 470,000 895,000 535,000 
      gain from sale of assets
                                                                   -51,000 49,000 50,000 27,000 18,000  13,000 38,000   4,000   4,000 18,000                  
      gain from derivative instruments
                                                                          999,000 325,000 1,897,000                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 24, 187, 241, and 232 respectively
                                                                   7,000 245,000                               
      net (income) loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
                                                                   131,750                                
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax benefit of (109), 94, (217), and (45) respectively
                                                                                                   
      net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest
                                                                     197,000                              
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 108 and 139, respectively
                                                                                                   
      net income (income) attributable to the noncontrolling interest
                                                                      1,492,000                             
      amounts attributable to sinclair broadcast group common shareholders
                                                                                                   
      loss (income) from continuing operations, net of tax
                                                                      -85,547                             
      other operating divisions’ revenues
                                                                       9,664,250 13,510,000 14,020,000 11,127,000 14,826,000 12,488,000 3,466,000 2,887,000 3,688,250 3,324,000 7,692,000 3,790,000 4,724,000 5,515,000               
      other operating divisions’ expenses
                                                                       10,019,000 13,397,000 14,745,000 11,934,000 14,171,000 11,227,000 4,079,000 3,546,000 9,085,000 3,346,000 7,773,000 6,944,000 3,699,000 5,248,000      4,316,000 2,620,000        
      impairment of goodwill
                                                                       406,500  1,626,000                          
      gain from equity and cost method investments
                                                                        658,000                           
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 187, 436, 232 and 176, respectively
                                                                       2,250                            
      basic and diluted earnings per common share:
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax benefit of 94, 278, (45) and 261, respectively
                                                                         178,000                          
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 139 and 17, respectively
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax benefit of (436), (307), (176) and 182, respectively
                                                                           135,500 324,000                       
      gain from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 0, 0, 0 and 885, respectively
                                                                                                   
      earnings per common share:
                                                                                                   
      basic earnings per common share from continuing operations
                                                                           27.5 110     130                  
      basic earnings per common share from discontinued operations
                                                                           2.5      -10                  
      basic earnings per common share
                                                                           27.5 110     120   1.67               
      diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations
                                                                           27.5 110     130                  
      diluted earnings per common share from discontinued operations
                                                                           2.5      -10                  
      diluted earnings per common share
                                                                           27.5 110     120   1.67               
      dividends declared per common share
                                                                           112.5 150 150 150                     
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax benefit of 371, (510), 232 and 604, respectively
                                                                             371,000                      
      earnings per common share from continuing operations
                                                                             20 -30                     
      earnings per common share from discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
      earnings per common share
                                                                             30 -30     0.37  0.1            -0.39  
      income from sale of assets
                                                                                    11,000               
      unrealized gain from derivative instruments
                                                                              1,057,000   26,000 4,291,000 5,761,000 2,827,000 8,899,000 8,812,000 1,602,000            
      income from equity and cost investees
                                                                               146,000 57,000 36,000  24,000  1,179,000 845,000             
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 139 and tax benefit of 1,114 respectively
                                                                                                   
      gain from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 885
                                                                                                   
      net income available to common shareholders
                                                                              -2,389,000 11,111,000 22,565,000 10,283,000 -717,000 31,578,000 142,638,000 8,807,000 -5,088,000 1,005,000   16,020,000 3,875,000        
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax benefit of (275), (343), 329 and (2,413), respectively
                                                                               95,750                    
      gain from discontinued operations, net of related income tax benefit of 0, (10,494), 259 and (80,002), respectively
                                                                               443,500                    
      preferred stock dividends
                                                                                    2,502,000 2,502,000 2,502,000 2,503,000 2,579,000 2,588,000 2,587,000 2,588,000 2,587,000 2,588,000 2,588,000 2,587,000 2,588,000   
      excess of preferred stock carrying value over redemption value
                                                                                                   
      weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                                85,719 85,692,000                  
      weighted-average shares and equivalent shares outstanding
                                                                                99,149 85,734,000                  
      gain on insurance proceeds
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax benefit of (510), (550), 604 and (2,070), respectively
                                                                                                   
      gain from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 0, 69,508, 885 and 69,508, respectively
                                                                                                   
      stock-based compensation expense
                                                                                  541,000 502,000 440,000 218,000 305,000 317,000 451,000 530,000 371,750 391,000 504,000 592,000      
      depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
                                                                                  9,584,250 12,175,000 13,136,000 13,189,000 10,544,000 12,574,000 13,050,000 12,399,000 12,649,000 11,767,000 11,509,000 11,098,000 10,611,000 9,710,000 9,964,000   
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 343, 1,133, 2,413 and 3,893, respectively
                                                                                  1,210,250 701,000                
      gain from sale of discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 10,494 and 80,002, respectively
                                                                                  36,506,000 17,508,000                
      basic and diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                                   
      dividends per common share
                                                                                  0.1 0.075 0.075 0.05 0.025 0.025            
      gain from insurance settlement
                                                                                    401,000               
      net income from continuing operations
                                                                                    15,345,000 8,408,000              
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 550, 1,500, 2,070 and 2,760, respectively
                                                                                    1,279,000               
      gain from sale of discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 69,508
                                                                                    128,516,000               
      other operating divisions revenue
                                                                                     4,921,000 2,275,000 2,845,000 3,930,000 4,004,000   4,472,000 4,079,000      
      loss on sale of assets
                                                                                                   
      total other incomes
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 1,538 and 1,301, respectively
                                                                                     2,901,000              
      subsidiary trust minority interest expense
                                                                                                   
      income from extinguishment of securities
                                                                                                   
      basic and diluted earnings per share
                                                                                      0.055 0.01 0.24           
      unrealized gain from derivative instrument
                                                                                        19,069,000  2,023,500 9,241,000  1,071,000      
      total other income and expense
                                                                                                   
      net income available to common stockholders
                                                                                        20,232,000 -2,299,000   -1,917,000 -3,936,000 -24,029,000 -4,011,000 -45,554,000 -32,447,000 -20,307,000 
      basic and diluted loss per share
                                                                                         -0.03          
      other operating divisions’ revenue
                                                                                          3,595,000 2,422,000        
      gain on sale of assets
                                                                                              172,000    446,000 
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 8,388 and 8,522, respectively
                                                                                                   
      cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax benefit of 30,383
                                                                                                   
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                                                   
      income per common share from continuing operations before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                          -0.005 0.05        
      loss per share from cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                                -0.49   
      income per common share
                                                                                          -0.005 0.05        
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                                   
      income per common share from continued operations before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                          -0.005 0.05        
      unrealized income from derivative instrument
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of (133) and 479, respectively
                                                                                                   
      loss per common share from continuing operations before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                            -0.02 -0.05      
      loss per common share
                                                                                            -0.02 -0.05  -0.05 -0.54  -0.24 
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 479
                                                                                                   
      loss per share from discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
      other revenue
                                                                                              998,000 1,138,000 1,113,000   
      program and production
                                                                                              32,773,000 36,907,000 34,449,000 35,223,000 37,159,000 
      selling, general and administrative
                                                                                              44,018,000 42,920,000 42,183,000 42,904,000 45,033,000 
      stock-based compensation
                                                                                              545,000 574,000 449,000 575,000 402,000 
      impairment and write down charge of long-lived assets
                                                                                                   
      restructuring costs
                                                                                                 1,069,000  
      contract termination costs
                                                                                                 5,135,000  
      unrealized income from derivative instruments
                                                                                                   
      gain from equity investments
                                                                                              176,000     
      income from discontinued operations, net of taxes of 8,388, 166, 8,522 and 197, respectively
                                                                                              7,764,000     
      extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt, net of tax benefit of 2,370, 0, 2,762 and 2,553, respectively
                                                                                                   
      cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax benefit of 22,404
                                                                                                   
      loss per common share from continuing operations before discontinued operations, extraordinary item, and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                              -0.32 -0.05    
      income per share from discontinued operations
                                                                                              0.09 0.01    
      loss per share from extraordinary item
                                                                                                -0.01  -0.06 
      loss on derivative instruments
                                                                                                   
      income before benefit for income taxes
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of taxes of 612, 177, 134 and 363, respectively
                                                                                               585,000    
      extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt, net of tax benefit of 0, 2,553, 392 and 2,553, respectively
                                                                                                   
      amortization of acquired intangible broadcast assets and other assets
                                                                                                4,915,000   
      gain on derivative instruments
                                                                                                10,925,000   
      income before income tax benefit
                                                                                                   
      extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt, net of related income tax benefit of 392
                                                                                                   
      cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of related income tax benefit of 22,404
                                                                                                   
      loss per common share from continuing operations before extraordinary item and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                                -0.04   
      software development and consulting revenues
                                                                                                 1,361,000 1,852,000 
      expenses realized from station barter arrangements
                                                                                                 11,678,000 13,400,000 
      amortization of acquired intangible broadcast assets, non-compete and consulting agreements and other assets
                                                                                                 28,745,000  
      impairment and write down of long-lived assets
                                                                                                  5,590,000 
      cumulative adjustment for change in assets held for sale
                                                                                                   
      interest expense, amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs
                                                                                                   
      net income from continuing operations before extraordinary item
                                                                                                   
      net income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provisionof 983 and 3,159, respectively
                                                                                                   
      gain on sale of broadcast assets, net of taxes of 24,862
                                                                                                   
      extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt, net of related income tax benefit of 2,553
                                                                                                   
      prefered stock dividends
                                                                                                 2,588,000  
      loss per common share from continuing operations before extraordinary item
                                                                                                 -0.39 -0.19 
      amortization of acquired intangible broadcasting assets, non-compete and consulting agreements and other assets
                                                                                                  29,807,000 
      interest and amortization of debt discount expense
                                                                                                   
      net income from discontinued operations, net of related income tax provision of 1,641 and 2,176, respectively
                                                                                                   
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