Debt Instrument, Covenant Terms, Minimum Excess Availability

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Debt Instrument, Credit Agreement Termination, Days Prior To Maturity

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Debt Instrument, Credit Agreement Termination, Maturity Threshold, Maximum Outstanding Borrowing Amount

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Debt Instrument, Debt Covenant, Reduction Of Borrowing Base and Commitments To Arrive At Exposure

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Line Of Credit Facility, Letter Of Credit Fee

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Interest rate on outstanding borrowings under debtor-in-possession financing arrangement.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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LONG-TERM DEBT - Interest Rate and Fees and Prepayments (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 14, 2018	Jun. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate			8.75%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| DIP Facility \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
DIP Facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	0.50%
Line of credit facility, letter of credit fee	2.25%
Reduction of borrowing base and commitments to arrive at exposure	$ 37,500,000.0
Debt instrument, covenant terms, minimum excess availability	$ 0
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| DIP Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| Federal funds effective rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| DIP Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| One-month Eurodollar
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| DIP Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| Base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
DIP Facility, interest rate on borrowings outstanding	1.25%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| DIP Facility \| Revolving credit facility \| Eurocurrency rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
DIP Facility, interest rate on borrowings outstanding	2.25%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| CCO Receivables Based Credit Facility Due 2023 \| Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
DIP Facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	0.375%
Line of credit facility, letter of credit fee	2.00%
Debt instrument, credit agreement termination, days prior to maturity		90 days
Debt instrument, credit agreement termination, maturity threshold, maximum outstanding borrowing amount		$ 250,000,000
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| CCO Receivables Based Credit Facility Due 2023 \| Revolving credit facility \| Federal funds effective rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| CCO Receivables Based Credit Facility Due 2023 \| Revolving credit facility \| One-month Eurodollar
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| CCO Receivables Based Credit Facility Due 2023 \| Revolving credit facility \| Base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
DIP Facility, interest rate on borrowings outstanding	1.00%
Line of Credit \| CCOH \| CCO Receivables Based Credit Facility Due 2023 \| Revolving credit facility \| Eurocurrency rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
DIP Facility, interest rate on borrowings outstanding	2.00%
Receivables Based Credit Facility \| Federal funds effective rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			0.50%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Term Loan D \| Base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			5.75%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Term Loan D \| Eurocurrency rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			6.75%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Term Loan E \| Base rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			6.50%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Term Loan E \| Eurocurrency rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			7.50%