Label	Element	Value
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Including Disposal Group and Discontinued Operations	us-gaap_CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsIncludingDisposalGroupAndDiscontinuedOperations	$ 74,009,000
Contract With Customer, Liability, Excluding Leases	ihrt_ContractWithCustomerLiabilityExcludingLeases	151,475,000
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations	us-gaap_CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperations	0
Audio Segment [Member]
Goodwill	us-gaap_Goodwill	3,219,210,000
Audio and Media Services Segment [Member]
Goodwill	us-gaap_Goodwill	104,155,000
Retained Earnings [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	0
Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	8,943,000
Treasury Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	0
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	2,770,108,000
Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	64,000
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	$ 0
Common Class C [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Shares, Outstanding	us-gaap_SharesOutstanding	0	[1]
Common Class B [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Shares, Outstanding	us-gaap_SharesOutstanding	6,947,567	[1]
Common Class A [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Shares, Outstanding	us-gaap_SharesOutstanding	56,861,941	[1]
Special Warrants [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Shares, Outstanding	us-gaap_SharesOutstanding	81,453,648	[1]

[1] The Predecessor Company's Class D Common Stock and Preferred Stock are not presented in the data above as there were no shares issued and outstanding in 2018 or 2017.