Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Debt [Abstract]

Carrying And Principal Values Of Debt

		As of						As of
		March 31, 2016						December 31, 2015
	Maturity Date	Principal Balance		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Principal Balance		Fair Value		Carrying Value
5.625% Senior Notes	Oct. 1, 2019	$	500,000	$	517,500	$	495,258	$	500,000	$	521,250	$	494,955
5.750% Senior Notes	July 15, 2020		800,000		822,000		791,666		800,000		832,000		791,243
4.875% Senior Notes	July 15, 2022		750,000		755,625		735,497		750,000		744,375		735,010
2010-2C Tower Securities	April 11, 2017		550,000		554,169		548,594		550,000		558,223		548,268
2012-1C Tower Securities	Dec. 11, 2017		610,000		611,562		604,952		610,000		611,879		604,229
2013-1C Tower Securities	April 10, 2018		425,000		420,793		421,513		425,000		416,959		421,099
2013-2C Tower Securities	April 11, 2023		575,000		572,395		566,774		575,000		565,541		566,523
2013-1D Tower Securities	April 10, 2018		330,000		335,240		327,240		330,000		332,676		326,918
2014-1C Tower Securities	Oct. 8, 2019		920,000		912,410		910,243		920,000		910,368		909,595
2014-2C Tower Securities	Oct. 8, 2024		620,000		618,878		612,047		620,000		608,084		611,853
2015-1C Tower Securities	Oct. 8, 2020		500,000		501,330		489,725		500,000		489,680		489,496
Revolving Credit Facility	Feb. 5, 2020		20,000		20,000		20,000		—		—		—
2014 Term Loan	Mar. 24, 2021		1,473,750		1,466,381		1,461,581		1,477,500		1,447,950		1,464,774
2015 Term Loan	June 10, 2022		496,250		491,288		487,180		497,500		486,306		488,107
Total debt		$	8,570,000	$	8,599,571	$	8,472,270	$	8,555,000	$	8,525,291	$	8,452,070
Less: current maturities of long-term debt							(20,000)						(20,000)
Total long-term debt, net of current maturities						$	8,452,270					$	8,432,070

Schedule Of Cash And Non-Cash Interest Expense

	For the three months ended March 31,
	2016				2015
	Cash		Non-cash		Cash		Non-cash
	Interest		Interest		Interest		Interest
	(in thousands)
5.625% Senior Notes	$	7,031	$	—	$	7,031	$	—
5.75% Senior Notes		11,500		—		11,500		—
4.875% Senior Notes		9,141		169		9,141		161
2010 Tower Securities		7,058		—		7,058		—
2012 Tower Securities		4,534		—		4,531		—
2013 Tower Securities		10,804		—		10,804		—
2014 Tower Securities		12,785		—		12,785		—
2015 Tower Securities		3,985		—		—		—
Revolving Credit Facility		833		—		1,571		—
2012-1 Term Loan		—		—		1,153		—
2014 Term Loan		12,138		125		12,125		119
2015 Term Loan		4,087		161		—		—
Other		(92)		—		(45)		—
Total	$	83,804	$	455	$	77,654	$	280