GOODWILL, RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSES AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS: (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Goodwill and Radio Broadcasting Licenses [Abstract]

Schedule Of Radio Broadcasting Licenses Impairment [Table Text Block]

Below are some of the key assumptions used in the income approach model for estimating the broadcasting license and goodwill fair values for the annual impairment testing performed since October 2012.

Radio Broadcasting	October 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Licenses	2014			2013			2012
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	—		$	—
Discount Rate		9.5	%		10.0	%		10.0	%
Year 1 Market Revenue Growth Rate Range		0.3% – 1.0	%		0.0% – 2.0	%		1.0% -2.0	%
Long-term Market Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		1.0% – 2.0	%		1.0% – 2.0	%		1.0% -2.0	%
Mature Market Share Range		6.9% – 25.2	%		6.4% – 26.9	%		0.7% - 27.4	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		30.0% – 48.4	%		30.8% – 47.8	%		19.6% - 47.7	%

Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

	Radio Broadcasting Licenses
	Carrying Balances
	As of				As of
	December				December
Unit of Accounting	31, 2013		Additions		31, 2014
	(In thousands )
Unit of Accounting 2	$	3,086	$	–	$	3,086
Unit of Accounting 4		9,169		6,973		16,142
Unit of Accounting 5		16,687		–		16,687
Unit of Accounting 7		16,165		–		16,165
Unit of Accounting 14		20,434		–		20,434
Unit of Accounting 15		20,886		–		20,886
Unit of Accounting 11		21,135		–		21,135
Unit of Accounting 9		34,270		–		34,270
Unit of Accounting 6		22,642		–		22,642
Unit of Accounting 16		52,965		–		52,965
Unit of Accounting 13		52,556		–		52,556
Unit of Accounting 8		66,715		–		66,715
Unit of Accounting 12		50,179		–		50,179
Unit of Accounting 1		93,394		–		93,394
Unit of Accounting 10		179,541		–		179,541
Total	$	659,824	$	6,973	$	666,797

Schedule Of Good Will Impairment Test Radio Marketing Unit [Table Text Block]

Below are some of the key assumptions used in the income approach model for estimating reporting unit fair values for all annual impairment assessments performed since October 2012.

Goodwill (Radio Market	October 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Reporting Units)	2014 (a)			2013 (a)			2012 (a)
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	–		$	–		$	14.5
Discount Rate		9.5	%		10.0	%		10.0	%
Year 1 Market Revenue Growth Rate Range		0.3% – 1.0	%		0.0% -2.0	%		1.0% -2.0	%
Long-term Market Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		1.0% - 2.0	%		1.0% - 2.0	%		1.5% - 2.0	%
Mature Market Share Range		7.2% - 19.5	%		7.1% - 19.8	%		6.7% - 20.8	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		26.4% - 52.2	%		28.4% - 56.4	%		29.3% - 58.5	%

(a) Reflects the key assumptions for testing only those radio markets with remaining goodwill.

Schedule Of Goodwill Impairment Test Reach Media Goodwill [Table Text Block]

	October			October			October
	1,			1,			1,
Reach Media Segment Goodwill	2014			2013			2012
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	-		$	-		$	-
Discount Rate		12.0	%		13.0	%		12.0	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		1.5	%		1.5	%		2.0	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate Range		0.1% - 2.0	%		(4.5)% - 2.6	%		(4.7)% - 2.8	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		10.0% – 14.9	%		11.5% - 21.5	%		4.6% - 19.8	%

Schedule Of Goodwill Impairment Test Goodwill Internet Segment [Table Text Block]

	October 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Internet Segment Goodwill	2014			2013			2012
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	-		$	-		$	-
Discount Rate		13.5	%		14.5	%		13.5	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		11.8	%		10.0	%		13.8	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate (Year 10)		2.5	%		2.5	%		2.5	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		9.1% - 25.6	%		5.4% - 24.8	%		(4.8)% - 24.2	%

Schedule Of Goodwill Impairment Test Cable Television Goodwill [Table Text Block]

	October 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Cable Television Segment Goodwill	2014			2013			2012
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	–		$	–		$	–
Discount Rate		10.4	%		10.8	%		10.8	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		11.5	%		12.1	%		11.2	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate Range		0.3% – 7.7	%		1.1% - 12.1	%		2.5% - 12.2	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		29.8% - 36.1	%		30.6% - 35.7	%		33.3% - 36.2	%

Schedule Of Changes In Carrying Amount Of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

The table below presents the Company’s goodwill carrying values for its four reportable segments.

	Goodwill Carrying Balances
	As of				As of
	December		Increase		December
Reporting Unit	31, 2013		(Decrease)		31, 2014
			(In thousands)
Radio Broadcasting Segment	$	70,823	$	2,712	$	73,535
Reach Media Segment		14,354		—		14,354
Internet Segment		21,816		606		22,422
Cable Television Segment		165,044		—		165,044
Total	$	272,037	$	3,318	$	275,355

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

Other intangible assets, excluding goodwill and radio broadcasting licenses, are being amortized on a straight-line basis over various periods. Other intangible assets consist of the following:

	As of December 31,
	2014		2013		Period of Amortization
	(In thousands)
Trade names	$	17,344	$	17,133		2-5 Years
Talent agreement		—		19,549		10 Years
Debt financing and modification costs		13,846		19,021		Term of debt
Intellectual property		9,531		14,151		4-10 Years
Affiliate agreements		178,986		186,755		1-10 Years
Acquired income leases		44		1,282		3-9 Years
Non-compete agreements		—		1,260		1-3 Years
Advertiser agreements		44,871		47,688		2-7 Years
Favorable office and transmitter leases		2,097		3,358		2-60 Years
Brand names		2,539		2,539		2.5 Years
Brand names - unamortized		40,134		39,688		Indefinite
Other intangibles		1,053		3,662		1-5 Years
		310,445		356,086
Less: Accumulated amortization		(135,933)		(153,493)
Other intangible assets, net	$	174,512	$	202,593

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the Company’s estimate of amortization expense for the years 2015 through 2019 for intangible assets, excluding deferred financing costs:

	(In thousands)
2015	$	26,053
2016	$	25,895
2017	$	25,891
2018	$	25,854
2019	$	25,848