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Revenues - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Revenues - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Station	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Station
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue recognized	$ 70,838	$ 68,816	$ 69,241	$ 64,680	$ 82,073	$ 74,575	$ 74,329	$ 66,838	$ 273,575	$ 297,815	$ 536,034
Television
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Number of stations owned \| Station									56
Spectrum Usage Rights
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue recognized									$ 13,061	$ 2,976	263,943
Spectrum Usage Rights \| Television
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Cost of revenue											12,340
FCC \| Spectrum Usage Rights
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue recognized											$ 263,900
FCC \| Spectrum Usage Rights \| Television
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Number of stations owned \| Station											4
Cost of revenue											$ 12,300