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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Radio Broadcasting Licenses [Abstract]

Schedule Of Radio Broadcasting Licenses Impairment [Table Text Block]

Radio Broadcasting	October 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Licenses	2016			2015			2014
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	1.3		$	23.6		$	—
Discount Rate		9.0	%		9.5	%		9.5	%
Year 1 Market Revenue Growth Rate Range		1.0% – 2.4	%		0.7% – 2.2	%		0.3% – 1.0	%
Long-term Market Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		0.5% – 1.5	%		0.5% – 1.5	%		1.0% – 2.0	%
Mature Market Share Range		6.9% – 25.8	%		7.0% – 25.8	%		6.9% – 25.2	%
Mature Operating Profit Margin Range		30.5% – 51.8	%		30.5% – 50.4	%		30.0% – 48.4	%

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

	Radio Broadcasting Licenses
	Carrying Balances
	As of		Net			As of
	December		Increase			December
Unit of Accounting	31, 2015		(Decrease)			31, 2016
	(In thousands )
Unit of Accounting 2	$	3,086	$	–		$	3,086
Unit of Accounting 4		16,142		–			16,142
Unit of Accounting 5		16,100		210			16,310
Unit of Accounting 7		15,871		–			15,871
Unit of Accounting 14		20,434		–			20,434
Unit of Accounting 15		20,736		–			20,736
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		47,846		–			47,846
Unit of Accounting 8		62,015		–			62,015
Unit of Accounting 12		49,663		–			49,663
Unit of Accounting 1		93,394		–			93,394
Unit of Accounting 10		166,940		–			166,940
Total	$	643,239	$	210	*	$	643,449

* The amount listed is net of an impairment charge of approximately $1.3 million.

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

Goodwill (Radio Market	October 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Reporting Units)	2016 (a)			2015 (a)			2014 (a)
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	3.1		$	—
Discount Rate		9.0	%		9.5	%		9.5	%
Year 1 Market Revenue Growth Rate Range		(9.4)% – 29.4	%		(9.0)% – 23.3	%		0.3% – 1.0	%
Long-term Market Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		0.5% – 1.5	%		0.5% – 1.5	%		1.0% - 2.0	%
Mature Market Share Range		8.1% - 18.4	%		8.0% - 19.1	%		7.2% - 19.5	%
Mature Operating Profit Margin Range		26.3% - 53.8	%		25.6% - 53.3	%		26.4% - 52.2	%

(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 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Reach Media Segment Goodwill	2016			2015			2014
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	—		$	—
Discount Rate		10.5	%		11.5	%		12.0	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		(0.3)	%		(0.6)	%		1.5	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate (Year 5)		1.0	%		1.5	%		1.9	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		15.1% – 17.5	%		14.0% – 15.7	%		10.0% – 14.9	%

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

	October 1,			October 1,			September 30,			October 1,
Internet Segment Goodwill	2016			2015			2015			2014
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	—		$	14.5		$	—
Discount Rate		12.5	%		14.0	%		14.0	%		13.5	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		9.8	%		5.3	%		5.3	%		11.8	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate (Years 6 – 10)		3.0% - 8.4	%		2.6% - 4.4	%		2.6% - 4.4	%		2.7% - 6.5	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		(9.8)% - 20.3	%		4.5% - 23.9	%		4.5% - 23.9	%		9.1% - 25.6	%

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

	October 1,			October 1,			October 1,
Cable Television Segment Goodwill	2016			2015			2014
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	—		$	—
Discount Rate		11.0	%		10.8	%		10.4	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		7.4	%		7.1	%		11.5	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		2.3% - 2.9	%		2.7% - 4.2	%		2.7% - 4.7	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		40.2% - 44.3	%		37.6% - 38.7	%		29.8% - 36.1	%

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

The table below presents the changes in Company’s goodwill carrying values for its four reportable segments during 2016, 2015 and 2014:  

	Radio						Cable
	Broadcasting		Reach Media		Internet		Television
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Segment		Total
	(In thousands)
Gross goodwill	$	152,151	$	30,468	$	21,816	$	165,044	$	369,479
Accumulated impairment losses		(81,328)		(16,114)		—		—		(97,442)
Additions		2,712		—		606		—		3,318
Impairments		—		—		—		—		—
Net goodwill at December 31, 2014	$	73,535	$	14,354	$	22,422	$	165,044	$	275,355
Gross goodwill	$	154,863	$	30,468	$	22,422	$	165,044	$	372,797
Accumulated impairment losses		(81,328)		(16,114)		—		—		(97,442)
Additions		—		—		582		—		582
Impairments		(3,108)		—		(14,545)		—		(17,653)
Net goodwill at December 31, 2015	$	70,427	$	14,354	$	8,459	$	165,044	$	258,284
Gross goodwill	$	154,863	$	30,468	$	23,004	$	165,044	$	373,379
Accumulated impairment losses		(84,436)		(16,114)		(14,545)		—		(115,095)
Additions		—		—		—		—		—
Impairments		—		—		—		—		—
Net goodwill at December 31, 2016	$	70,427	$	14,354	$	8,459	$	165,044	$	258,284

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

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

						Remaining
						Weighted-
						Average
	As of December 31,				Period of	Period of
	2016		2015		Amortization	Amortization
	(In thousands)
Trade names	$	17,344	$	17,344	2-5 Years		2.2 Years
Intellectual property		9,531		9,531	4-10 Years		0.9 Years
Affiliate agreements		178,986		178,986	8 Years		2.3 Years
Acquired income leases		127		44	3-15 Years		12.1 Years
Advertiser agreements		44,871		44,871	2-12 Years		6.3 Years
Favorable office and transmitter leases		2,097		2,097	2-60 Years		40.6 Years
Brand names		2,853		2,853	10 Years		8.1 Years
Brand names - unamortized		39,690		39,690	Indefinite		—
ABL facility debt costs		421		—	Debt term		4.2 Years
Launch assets		1,784		726	Contract length		8.0 Years
Other intangibles		609		606	1-5 Years		1.7 Years
		298,313		296,748
Less: Accumulated amortization		(181,713)		(155,315)
Other intangible assets, net	$	116,600	$	141,433			3.5 Years

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 2017 through 2021 for intangible assets:

	(In thousands)
2017	$	26,013
2018	$	25,904
2019	$	10,045
2020	$	3,519
2021	$	964