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Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) market station	Jun. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) market segment station	Jun. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| segment			2
Operating Revenues	$ 811,785	$ 756,672	$ 1,593,517	$ 1,488,163
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	226,594	185,689	428,513	368,161
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	54,607	66,276	105,130	123,967
Identifiable assets	8,460,615		8,460,615		$ 8,505,958
Assets recorded as discontinued operations excluded from segment identifiable assets					7,300
Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	$ 8,460,615		$ 8,460,615		8,498,693
Media
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of television stations \| station	46		46
Number of markets In which entity operates \| market	38		38
Operating Segments \| Media
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	$ 458,947	417,049	$ 902,776	813,466
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	179,551	178,082	348,850	354,962
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	20,831	21,825	40,272	43,086
Operating Segments \| Media \| Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	4,775,771		4,775,771		4,799,375
Operating Segments \| Digital
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	352,838	339,623	690,741	674,697
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	64,424	54,835	111,643	103,016
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	31,480	41,267	61,841	74,976
Operating Segments \| Digital \| Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	3,539,579		3,539,579		3,529,124
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	(17,381)	(19,018)	(31,980)	(37,878)
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	2,296	3,184	3,017	5,905
Corporate \| Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	145,265		145,265		$ 170,194
Unallocated
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	$ 0	$ (28,210)	$ 0	$ (51,939)