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## Contractual Obligations 

We have various contractual obligations which are recorded as liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. Other items, such as certain purchase commitments and other executory contracts are not recognized as liabilities in our consolidated financial statements but are required to be disclosed. For example, we are contractually committed to acquire future programming and make certain minimum lease payments for the use of property under operating lease agreements. 

The following table reflects a summary of our contractual cash obligations as of December 31, 2009 and the future periods in which such obligations are expected to be settled in cash (in thousands): 

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## CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO CONTINUING OPERATIONS (a) 

(a) Excluded from this table are $26.1 million of accrued unrecognized tax benefits. Due to inherent uncertainty, we can not make reasonable estimates of the amount and period payments will be made. 

(b) Includes a one-year estimate of $7.3 million in payments related to contracts that automatically renew. We have not calculated potential payments for years after 2016. 

(c) Includes interest on fixed rate debt and capital leases. Estimated interest on our recourse variable rate debt has been excluded. Recourse variable rate debt represents $270.0 million of our $1.2 billion total face value of debt as of December 31, 2010. 

(d) During 2010, we repurchased $22.3 million, $31.3 million, $64.1 million and $224.7 million of our 3.0% Notes, 4.875% Notes, 6.0% Notes and 8.0% Notes, respectively. As of December 31, 2010, the outstanding face amount of the 3.0% Notes, 4.875% Notes, 6.0% Notes and 8.0% Notes was $5.4 million, $5.7 million, $70.0 million and zero, respectively. 

(e) Our Program content includes contractual amounts owed through the expiration date of the underlying agreement for active and future program contracts, network programming and additional advertising inventory in various dayparts, including prime-time and NFL programming. Active program contracts are included in the balance sheet as an asset and liability while future program contracts are excluded until the cost is known, the program is available for its first showing or telecast and the licensee has accepted the program. Industry protocol typically enables us to make payments for program contracts on a three-month lag, which differs from the contractual timing within the table. Network programming agreements may include variable fee components such as subscriber levels, which in certain circumstances have been estimated and reflected in the table. 

(f) Includes obligations related to rating service fees, music license fees, market research, weather and news services. 

(g) Certain LMAs require us to reimburse the licensee owner their operating costs. Certain outsourcing agreements require us to pay a fee to another station for providing non-programming services. The amount will vary each month and, accordingly, these amounts were estimated through the date of the agreements’ expiration, based on historical cost experience. Excluded from the table are estimated amounts due pursuant to LMAs and outsourcing agreements where we consolidate the counterparty, as well as, prepayments towards purchase options to acquire the counterparty. These amounts totaled $18.1 million, $25.0 million, $13.9 million and $3.8 million for the periods 2011, 2012-2013, 2014-2015 and 2016 and thereafter, respectively. 

(h) Commitments to contribute capital or provide loans to Allegiance Capital, LP, Sterling Ventures Partners, LP and Patriot Capital II, LP. 

