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CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure Abstract      
Letter of credit requirement $ 620,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount $ 370,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount  
FCC' s fine single Incident 325,000etm_LegalForfeitureForSingleIncidence    
FCC's maximum fine 3,000,000etm_LegalForfeitureMaximum    
Rental Expense for office and broadcasting facilities 14,556,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet 13,226,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet 12,748,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet
Payments for legal settlements 1,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForLegalSettlements    
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]      
Total commitments 2015 87,681,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFirstAnniversary    
Total commitments 2016 75,719,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnSecondAnniversary    
Total commitments 2017 34,029,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnThirdAnniversary    
Total commitments 2018 15,351,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFourthAnniversary    
Total commitments 2019 10,725,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFifthAnniversary    
Thereafter 36,172,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationDueAfterFiveYears    
Total 259,677,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount    
Operating Leases      
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]      
Total commitments 2015 13,398,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFirstAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2016 13,195,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnSecondAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2017 12,282,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnThirdAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2018 10,222,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFourthAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2019 8,892,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFifthAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
   
Thereafter 25,019,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationDueAfterFiveYears
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total 83,008,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
   
Programming And Related Contracts      
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]      
Total commitments 2015 73,466,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFirstAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_ProgrammingAndRelatedContractsMember
   
Total commitments 2016 61,684,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnSecondAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_ProgrammingAndRelatedContractsMember
   
Total commitments 2017 20,882,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnThirdAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_ProgrammingAndRelatedContractsMember
   
Total commitments 2018 4,238,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFourthAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_ProgrammingAndRelatedContractsMember
   
Total commitments 2019 915,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFifthAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_ProgrammingAndRelatedContractsMember
   
Thereafter 516,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationDueAfterFiveYears
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_ProgrammingAndRelatedContractsMember
   
Total 161,701,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_ProgrammingAndRelatedContractsMember
   
Sale Leaseback Operating Lease [Member]      
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]      
Total commitments 2015 817,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFirstAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_SaleLeasebackOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2016 840,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnSecondAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_SaleLeasebackOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2017 865,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnThirdAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_SaleLeasebackOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2018 891,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFourthAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_SaleLeasebackOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total commitments 2019 918,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFifthAnniversary
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_SaleLeasebackOperatingLeaseMember
   
Thereafter 10,637,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationDueAfterFiveYears
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_SaleLeasebackOperatingLeaseMember
   
Total $ 14,968,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= etm_SaleLeasebackOperatingLeaseMember