Other	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]
Other	Other The Company repurchased 0.9 million and 2.1 million shares of its outstanding voting common stock at an average price of $15.80, and $16.16 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, under the share repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. The total cost of the repurchases was $15 million and $34 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2015, respectively. The share repurchase program expires on December 31, 2015. In September 2015 the Company adopted a plan to restructure certain digital segment operations which is expected to save the Company $5 million in operating costs annually. The Company recorded severance expense of $1.1 million related to the plan in the third quarter of 2015. Accrued severance costs related to the digital operations restructuring are included in the "Accrued salaries and wages" line item on the consolidated condensed balance sheet. No severance payments related to the digital segment restructuring were made during the third quarter of 2015. In April of 2014, the Company adopted a plan to restructure certain corporate and shared service operations intended to save $10 million in operating costs annually. The Company recorded severance expense of $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2014. Accrued severance costs related to the corporate and shared service operations restructuring are included in the “Accrued salaries and wages” line item on the consolidated condensed balance sheet. Following severance payments of $0.1 million, the remaining severance liability related to the corporate restructuring was approximately $3.7 million as of September 30, 3014. At September 30, 2015, the Company held a 50.1% ownership position in its consolidated HYFN subsidiary. Due to higher than initially projected revenue and other metrics impacting the purchase price of the outstanding interest in HYFN, the Company increased the value of noncontrolling interest in HYFN by $6.9 million during the third quarter of 2015. The Company received $120 million of restricted cash in a qualified intermediary (a consolidated entity) from the 2014 sale of the WJAR-TV station discussed in Note 2. In June of 2015, the restricted cash was released from the qualified intermediary and remitted to the Company. In April 2015, the Company acquired the remaining noncontrolling interest in the Dedicated Media subsidiary for a purchase price of $11 million. As a result of the transaction, Dedicated Media was 100% owned by the Company during the second and third quarters of 2015. The Company also recorded $5.6 million of non-operating gains in the nine month period ended September 30, 2015 related to the relocation of broadcast channels in the Lansing, Michigan and Austin, Texas markets.

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The Company repurchased 0.9 million and 2.1 million shares of its outstanding voting common stock at an average price of $15.80, and $16.16 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, under the share repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. The total cost of the repurchases was $15 million and $34 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2015, respectively. The share repurchase program expires on December 31, 2015.

In September 2015 the Company adopted a plan to restructure certain digital segment operations which is expected to save the Company $5 million in operating costs annually. The Company recorded severance expense of $1.1 million related to the plan in the third quarter of 2015. Accrued severance costs related to the digital operations restructuring are included in the "Accrued salaries and wages" line item on the consolidated condensed balance sheet. No severance payments related to the digital segment restructuring were made during the third quarter of 2015. In April of 2014, the Company adopted a plan to restructure certain corporate and shared service operations intended to save $10 million in operating costs annually. The Company recorded severance expense of $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2014. Accrued severance costs related to the corporate and shared service operations restructuring are included in the “Accrued salaries and wages” line item on the consolidated condensed balance sheet. Following severance payments of $0.1 million, the remaining severance liability related to the corporate restructuring was approximately $3.7 million as of September 30, 3014.

At September 30, 2015, the Company held a 50.1% ownership position in its consolidated HYFN subsidiary. Due to higher than initially projected revenue and other metrics impacting the purchase price of the outstanding interest in HYFN, the Company increased the value of noncontrolling interest in HYFN by $6.9 million during the third quarter of 2015.

The Company received $120 million of restricted cash in a qualified intermediary (a consolidated entity) from the 2014 sale of the WJAR-TV station discussed in Note 2. In June of 2015, the restricted cash was released from the qualified intermediary and remitted to the Company.

In April 2015, the Company acquired the remaining noncontrolling interest in the Dedicated Media subsidiary for a purchase price of $11 million. As a result of the transaction, Dedicated Media was 100% owned by the Company during the second and third quarters of 2015.

The Company also recorded $5.6 million of non-operating gains in the nine month period ended September 30, 2015 related to the relocation of broadcast channels in the Lansing, Michigan and Austin, Texas markets.