The Company and Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)			3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	24 Months Ended
	May 01, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) Location $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) Station shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) Segment Station Location Market shares	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) Location $ / shares shares	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 11, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 13, 2017 USD ($)
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | Segment							3
Restricted cash			$ 732,000				$ 732,000		$ 732,000	$ 732,000
Retransmission consent revenue			$ 9,100,000		$ 9,100,000		$ 17,800,000	$ 18,000,000
Number of Class A common stock shares converted | shares							1
Shares of dilutive securities not included in computation of diluted income per share | shares			952,026		242,735		1,001,636	139,468
Impairment to goodwill			$ 22,368,000				$ 22,368,000		0
Impairment to indefinite life intangibles									0
Amount approved under share purchase												$ 30,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Aggregate purchase price of repurchased shares			1,302,000	$ 7,706,000	$ 5,258,000	$ 2,402,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs			2,718,000				2,718,000		2,709,000	2,718,000
Interest income related to available-for-sale securities			857,000		1,039,000		1,776,000	$ 1,952,000
Operating leases right of use asset			46,206,000				46,206,000			46,206,000	$ 45,800,000
Lease liabilities			48,152,000				48,152,000			48,152,000	$ 52,400,000
Available-for-Sale Securities
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Interest income related to available-for-sale securities			800,000				$ 1,700,000
2017 Credit Facility
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Agreement date		Nov. 30, 2017
Additional borrowing capacity		$ 100,000,000
First lien net leverage ratio		4.00%
Percentage of repricing fee		1.00%
Certain customary events of default, number of business days to default in the payment of interest on borrowings							3 days
Certain customary events of default, number of days default continue for compliance with other agreement							30 days
Certain customary events of default, number of days default continue for financial statement delivery obligations							10 days
Certain customary events of default, indebtedness aggregate amount							$ 15,000,000
Certain customary events of default, failure in payment of final judgments aggregate amount							$ 15,000,000
Certain customary events of default, failure in payment of final judgments aggregate amount period							30 days
Percentage of fee equal to amount of outstanding loan	0.10%
Total fee amount	$ 200,000
2017 Credit Facility | Eurodollar Rate
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Variable interest rate basis spread on debt		2.75%
2017 Credit Facility | Base Rate Margin
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Variable interest rate basis spread on debt		1.75%
2017 Credit Facility | Term Loan B Facility
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Senior Secured debt		$ 300,000,000
Maturity date of revolving credit facility		Nov. 30, 2024
Period considered for applicability of repricing fees		6 months
2013 Credit Facility | Term Loan B Facility
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Carrying value of term loan			242,000,000				$ 242,000,000			242,000,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs			2,700,000				2,700,000			2,700,000
Estimated fair value of term loan			$ 233,700,000				233,700,000			$ 233,700,000
Class A common stock
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amount approved under share purchase												$ 15,000,000
Number of shares repurchased | shares			400,000							7,000,000
Average price of repurchased shares | $ / shares			$ 2.95							$ 3.98
Aggregate purchase price of repurchased shares			$ 1,300,000							$ 28,100,000
Stock Options And Restricted Stock Units
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expenses			800,000		1,200,000		1,600,000	2,400,000
Restricted Stock Units
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total unrecognized compensation expense related to grants of restricted stock units			3,100,000				$ 3,100,000			3,100,000
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense related to grants of restricted stock units							1 year 3 months 18 days
Univision
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Payment of sales representation fees to television stations			2,000,000		2,200,000		$ 4,000,000	4,300,000
Amount due from television stations for carriage			5,100,000				5,100,000			$ 5,100,000
Retransmission consent revenue			$ 7,000,000		$ 7,500,000		$ 13,700,000	$ 15,100,000
Common stock percentage held by Univision			11.00%				11.00%			11.00%
UniMas
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Affiliate advertising minutes per hour for which entity has right to sell							4 minutes 30 seconds
Accounting Standards Update 2016-18
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash			$ 700,000				$ 700,000		$ 700,000	$ 700,000
Minimum | Employee Stock Options
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period							1 year
Minimum | Restricted Stock Units
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period							1 year
Minimum | Univision
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Affiliate advertising minutes per hour for which entity has right to sell							4 minutes
Maximum | Employee Stock Options
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period							4 years
Maximum | Restricted Stock Units
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period							4 years
Television
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stations owned | Station							55
Number of stations relocated | Station | Station					2
Radio
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stations owned | Station							49
Radio operations stations, number of location | Location			16				16			16
Advertisements and Syndicate Radio Programming | Minimum
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of markets owned | Market							100
Digital
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Impairment to goodwill			$ 22,400,000				$ 22,368,000