Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Nov. 05, 2018
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Trading Symbol	EVC
Entity Registrant Name	ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001109116
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Class A common stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		64,576,497
Class B common stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		14,927,613
Class U common stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		9,352,729