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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total $ 519,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt   $ 482,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Current amount of long-term debt (3,000,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent   (3,000,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Unamortized original issue discount (2,376,000)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount   (2,071,000)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
Total long-term debt 514,124,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent   476,929,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Outstanding standby letter of credit 370,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount   620,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
Stated interest rate percentage, senior unsecured debt     10.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
Modification Accounting Of Bank Amendment New Deferred Financing Costs 1,000,000etm_ModificationAccountingOfBankAmendmentNewDeferredFinancingCosts 1,100,000etm_ModificationAccountingOfBankAmendmentNewDeferredFinancingCosts  
Modification Accounting Of Bank Amendment Existing Deferred Financing Costs 6,800,000etm_ModificationAccountingOfBankAmendmentExistingDeferredFinancingCosts 9,000,000etm_ModificationAccountingOfBankAmendmentExistingDeferredFinancingCosts  
Modification Accounting Of Bank Amendment Third Party Costs 100,000etm_ModificationAccountingOfBankAmendmentThirdPartyCosts 100,000etm_ModificationAccountingOfBankAmendmentThirdPartyCosts  
Previous Credit Facility Financing Costs Written Off After Bank Amendment   700,000etm_PreviousCreditFacilityFinancingCostsWrittenOffAfterBankAmendment  
Revolver, due November 23, 2016      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Credit Facility 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= etm_RevolverDueNovember232016Member
  0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= etm_RevolverDueNovember232016Member
Term B Loan, due November 23, 2018      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Credit Facility 299,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= etm_TermBLoanDueNovember232018Member
  262,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= etm_TermBLoanDueNovember232018Member
Unsecured notes due December 1, 2019      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Senior unsecured notes $ 220,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= etm_UnsecuredNotesDueDecember12019Member
  $ 220,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= etm_UnsecuredNotesDueDecember12019Member