Guarantor Financial Information Guarantor Financial Information (Narrative) (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
LIN Television Corporation
Interim Period, Costs Not Allocable [Line Items]
Ownership interest	100.00%

The number of units or percentage investment held in the subsidiary by the limited liability company or limited partnership.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 946

-SubTopic 320

-Section S99

-Paragraph 9

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50485924&loc=d3e611443-123010

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Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration