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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Goodwill and Radio Broadcasting Licenses [Abstract]

Schedule Of Radio Broadcasting Licenses Impairment [Table Text Block]

Radio Broadcasting	October 1,				March 31,			October 1,				September 30,				June 30,
Licenses	2018				2018(*)			2017				2017(a)				2017(a)
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	–		$		3.9	$		–		$		16.4		$		12.7
Discount Rate		9.0	%			*			9.0	%			9.0	%			9.0	%
Year 1 Market Revenue Growth Rate Range		(1.2)% – (0.6	)%			*			(5.0)% – 1.4	%			(5.0)% – 2.0	%			1.0% – 2.0	%
Long-term Market Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		0.7% – 1.1	%			*			0.5% – 1.5	%			0.5% – 1.5	%			0.5% – 1.5	%
Mature Market Share Range		5.3% – 25.0	%			*			6.8% – 25.4	%			6.9% – 25.8	%			6.9% – 15.3	%
Mature Operating Profit Margin Range		28.3% – 41.1	%			*			30.9% – 46.9	%			31.0% – 47.0	%			31.6% – 47.0	%

(a) Reflects changes only to the key assumptions used in the interim testing for certain units of accounting.

(*) License fair value based on estimated asset sale consideration.

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

The Company’s total broadcasting licenses carrying value is approximately $600.1 million as of December 31, 2018. The units of accounting reflected in the table below are not disclosed on a specific market basis so as to not make sensitive information publicly available that could be competitively harmful to the Company. 

	Radio Broadcasting Licenses Carrying Balances
	As of		Net			As of
Unit of Accounting	December 31, 2017		Increase (Decrease)			December 31, 2018
	(In thousands )
Unit of Accounting 2	$	3,086	$	–		$	3,086
Unit of Accounting 7		14,748		–			14,748
Unit of Accounting 5		16,100		–			16,100
Unit of Accounting 4		16,142		–			16,142
Unit of Accounting 9		32,875		(16,438	)		16,437
Unit of Accounting 15		20,736		–			20,736
Unit of Accounting 14		20,770		–			20,770
Unit of Accounting 11		21,135		–			21,135
Unit of Accounting 6		22,642		–			22,642
Unit of Accounting 13		47,846		–			47,846
Unit of Accounting 12		49,663		–			49,663
Unit of Accounting 16		54,258		2,037			56,295
Unit of Accounting 8		62,015		–			62,015
Unit of Accounting 1		93,394		–			93,394
Unit of Accounting 10		139,125		–			139,125
Total	$	614,535	$	(14,401	)*	$	600,134

* The amount listed is net of additions, dispositions and impairment charges.

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

Goodwill (Radio Market	October 1,			March 31,		October 1,
Reporting Units)	2018(a)			2018 (*)		2017(a)
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	14.7		$	2.7	$	—
Discount Rate		9.0	%		*		9.0	%
Year 1 Market Revenue Growth Rate Range		(8.0)% – 27.5	%		*		(8.4)% – 46.6	%
Long-term Market Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		0.7% – 1.1	%		*		0.5% – 1.5	%
Mature Market Share Range		7.6% - 17.8	%		*		8.0% - 18.2	%
Mature Operating Profit Margin Range		26.8% - 46.9	%		*		25.1% - 50.1	%

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

(*) Goodwill fair value based on estimated asset sale consideration.

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

	October 1,			October 1,
Reach Media Segment Goodwill	2018			2017
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	—
Discount Rate		10.5	%		10.5	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		2.3	%		(11.3	)%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate (Year 5)		1.0	%		1.0	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		14.6% - 15.8	%		13.5% - 15.9	%

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

	October 1,			October 1,
Digital Segment Goodwill	2018			2017
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	—
Discount Rate		13.5	%		13.0	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		12.6	%		24.1	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate (Years 6 – 10)		3.1% - 3.7	%		2.4% - 4.3	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		(1.1)% - 15.7	%		(1.5)% - 17.0	%

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

	October 1,			October 1,
Cable Television Segment Goodwill	2018			2017
Impairment charge (in millions)	$	—		$	—
Discount Rate		11.0	%		11.0	%
Year 1 Revenue Growth Rate		1.8	%		4.8	%
Long-term Revenue Growth Rate Range (Years 6 – 10)		2.0% - 3.0	%		2.3% - 2.7	%
Operating Profit Margin Range		36.9% - 42.5	%		42.2% - 45.9	%

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 2018 and 2017:  

	Radio Broadcasting Segment			Reach Media Segment			Digital Segment			Cable Television Segment		Total
	(In thousands)
Gross goodwill	$	154,863		$	30,468		$	23,004		$	165,044	$	373,379
Accumulated impairment losses		(84,436	)		(16,114	)		(14,545	)		—		(115,095	)
Additions		47			—			4,563			—		4,610
Impairments		—			—			—			—		—
Net goodwill at December 31, 2017	$	70,474		$	14,354		$	13,022		$	165,044	$	262,894
Gross goodwill	$	154,910		$	30,468		$	27,567		$	165,044	$	377,989
Accumulated impairment losses		(84,436	)		(16,114	)		(14,545	)		—		(115,095	)
Additions		90			—			—			—		90
Impairments		(17,412	)		—			—			—		(17,412	)
Net goodwill at December 31, 2018	$	53,152		$	14,354		$	13,022		$	165,044	$	245,572

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
	2018			2017			Amortization	Amortization
	(In thousands)
Trade names	$	17,391		$	17,378		1-5 Years		2.2 Years
Intellectual property		9,531			9,531		4-10 Years		0.0 Years
Affiliate agreements		178,986			178,986		8 Years		0.3 Years
Acquired income leases		127			127		3-15 Years		12.1 Years
Advertiser agreements		46,789			46,583		1-12 Years		4.1 Years
Favorable office and transmitter leases		2,097			2,097		2-60 Years		38.8 Years
Brand names		4,413			4,013		10 Years		7.9 Years
Brand names - unamortized		39,690			39,690		Indefinite		—
ABL facility debt costs		421			421		Debt term		2.2 Years
Launch assets		6,284			3,632		Contract length		6.1 Years
Other intangibles		675			675		1-5 Years		2.3 Years
		306,404			303,133
Less: Accumulated amortization		(236,313	)		(209,078	)
Other intangible assets, net	$	70,091		$	94,055				5.3 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 2019 through 2023 for intangible assets:

	(In thousands)
2019	$	11,575
2020	$	4,588
2021	$	4,349
2022	$	4,332
2023	$	1,449