DEBT (Details) (USD $)								0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 March 2011 Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolver [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Revolver [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] March 2011 Notes [Member]	Apr. 01, 2011 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] March 2011 Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] March 2011 Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] March 2011 Note to TCOMF2 [Member]	Apr. 01, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] March 2011 Note to Northcreek [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] March 2011 Note to Northcreek [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] September 2011 Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] September 2011 Notes [Member]	Mar. 27, 2011 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] September 2011 Notes [Member]	Oct. 24, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Secured senior subordinated notes [Member] March 2011 Notes And September 2011 Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Subordinated secured promissory note [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Subordinated secured promissory note [Member]	Oct. 24, 2012 Subordinated secured promissory note [Member] 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Oct. 24, 2012 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Revolver [Member]	Mar. 27, 2011 Revolver [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolver [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Revolver [Member]	Oct. 24, 2012 Revolver [Member] 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolver [Member] 2012 Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolver [Member] Required [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolver [Member] Actual [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, term																						5 years	4 years
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity																							$ 50,000,000				$ 80,000,000
Line of credit facility, maturity date																								May 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2015		Oct. 24, 2017
Line of credit facility, additional borrowings																												20,000,000
Sub limit amount for advances																												5,000,000
Line of credit facility, available borrowing base																									44,300,000
Line of credit facility, interest rate description																									The Prime Rate plus 1.50% (or 4.75%), or LIBOR plus 2.5% (or 2.73%)	The Prime Rate plus 1.75% (or 5.00%), or LIBOR plus 2.75% (or 3.03%),
Line of credit facility, commitment fee percentage (in hundredths)																									0.375%	0.375%
Line of credit facility, covenant terms																									(a) a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, measured on a month-end basis, of at least 1.25:1.00 for the 12 month period ending on such month-end; (b) a required minimum excess availability plus qualified cash at all times under the Revolver of at least $2.0 million; and (c) for fiscal year 2012, a limitation on annual capital expenditures of $6.7 million
Line of credit facility, covenant compliance																									the Company was in compliance with all three of these financial covenants
Required financial covenants compared to actual amounts [Abstract]
Fixed charge coverage ratio (12-month period)																													1.25	5.3
Excess availability plus qualified cash (end of period)																													2,000,000	18,316,000
Annual capital expenditures limitation (actual year-to-date)																													6,700,000	5,281,000
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross				26,614,000	24,336,000	6,160,000	7,700,000			3,730,000				2,430,000			6,160,000		1,000,000	1,750,000	1,000,000
Debt discount	(685,000)	(832,000)						700,000		500,000				200,000	300,000
Total long-term debt	33,089,000	32,954,000
Less: current maturities of long-term debt	1,000,000	1,000,000
Total long-term debt, less current maturities and discount	32,089,000	31,954,000
Total long-term debt	33,089,000	32,954,000
Debt instrument, face amount			5,000,000								2,500,000		2,500,000	2,700,000					2,000,000
Interest rate of notes until March 31, 2013 (in hundredths)								10.00%
Interest rate of notes thereafter (in hundredths)								13.00%
Debt instrument, interest rate (in hundredths)																13.00%			10.00%
Debt instrument, maturity date								Mar. 31, 2016						Mar. 31, 2016					Sep. 16, 2013
Debt instrument, interest rate change date								Mar. 31, 2013
Debt instrument, option to prepay exercised (in hundredths)									10.00%					10.00%				10.00%
Debt instrument, prepaid principal amount									500,000					270,000				770,000
Debt instrument, price of prepayment (in hundredths)									101.00%					101.00%			104.00%	101.00%
Debt instrument, prepayment of principal amount allocated to March 2011 Notes held by TCOMF2												250,000	270,000
Debt instrument, prepayment of additional principal amount allocated to March 2011 Notes held by TCOMF2												250,000	270,000
Prepaid principal amount of debt instrument																	1,540,000
Outstanding principal amount of debt instrument				26,614,000	24,336,000	6,160,000	7,700,000			3,730,000				2,430,000			6,160,000		1,000,000	1,750,000	1,000,000
Debt instrument, number of periodic payment																			8
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment																			quarterly
Debt instrument, periodic payment																			$ 250,000