Document And Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 01, 2012 Class A Common Stock [Member]	Mar. 01, 2012 Class B Common Stock [Member]	Mar. 01, 2012 Class U Common Stock [Member]
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2011
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2011
Entity Registrant Name	ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001109116
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding			54,267,366	22,188,161	9,352,729
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Public Float		$ 116,030,082