Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

10.      Commitments and Contingencies

We have various operating lease commitments for equipment, land and office space.  We also have commitments for various syndicated television programs, commitments for the purchase of equipment and commitments related to the acquisition of certain television stations that were not completed as of December 31, 2012. Future minimum payments for these commitments as of December 31, 2012 are as follows (in thousands):

Year	Acquisition Commitment		Equipment		Operating Leases		Syndicated Television Programming		Total
2013	$	1,209	$	2,626	$	1,434	$	3,877	$	9,146
2014		-		-		1,038		9,691		10,729
2015		-		-		781		5,275		6,056
2016		-		-		669		923		1,592
2017		-		-		443		745		1,188
Thereafter		-		-		3,106		508		3,614
Total	$	1,209	$	2,626	$	7,471	$	21,019	$	32,325

The amounts in the table above are estimates of commitments that are in addition to the liabilities accrued for on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2012.

Leases

We have no material capital leases.  Where leases include rent holidays, rent escalations, rent concessions and leasehold improvement incentives, the value of these incentives are amortized over the lease term including anticipated renewal periods.  Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the associated lease term including anticipated renewal periods. Rent expense resulting from operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $1.5 million, $1.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

Sports Marketing Agreement

On October 12, 2004, the University of Kentucky (“UK”) awarded a sports marketing agreement jointly to us and IMG Worldwide, Inc. (“IMG”) (the “UK Agreement”). The UK Agreement expires April 15, 2015.

The UK Agreement provides that we will share in profits in excess of certain amounts specified by the agreement, if any, but not losses. The agreement also provides that we will separately retain all local broadcast advertising revenue and pay all local broadcast expenses for activities under the agreement. Under the agreement, IMG agreed to make all license fee payments to UK. However, if IMG is unable to pay the license fee to UK, we will then be required to pay the unpaid portion of the license fee to UK. As of December 31, 2012, the aggregate license fee to be paid by IMG to UK over the remaining term of the agreement is approximately $21.7 million. If we make advances on behalf of IMG, IMG is required to reimburse us for the amount paid within 60 days after the close of each contract year, which ends on June 30th. IMG has also agreed to pay interest on any advance at a rate equal to the prime rate. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we did not advance any amounts to UK on behalf of IMG under this agreement.  As of December 31, 2012, we do not consider the risk of non-performance by IMG to be high.

Legal Proceedings and Claims

We are subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of our business.  In the opinion of management, the amount of ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these actions, will not materially affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, although legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings or events could occur which could negatively affect us, possibly materially.