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Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) market station	Sep. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) market segment station	Sep. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| segment			2
Operating Revenues	$ 860,265	$ 757,518	$ 2,453,782	$ 2,245,681
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	263,772	218,102	692,285	586,263
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	67,013	50,020	172,143	173,987
Identifiable assets	8,674,677		8,674,677		$ 8,505,958
Assets recorded as discontinued operations excluded from segment identifiable assets					7,300
Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	$ 8,674,677		$ 8,674,677		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	$ 501,686	406,445	$ 1,404,462	1,219,911
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	221,038	158,595	569,888	513,557
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	18,105	18,406	58,377	61,492
Operating Segments \| Media \| Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	4,826,473		4,826,473		4,799,375
Operating Segments \| Digital
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Revenues	358,579	351,073	1,049,320	1,025,770
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	59,296	72,446	170,939	175,462
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	48,887	31,074	110,728	106,050
Operating Segments \| Digital \| Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	3,701,000		3,701,000		3,529,124
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	(16,562)	(12,939)	(48,542)	(50,817)
Depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges	21	540	3,038	6,445
Corporate \| Continuing Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Identifiable assets	147,204		147,204		$ 170,194
Unallocated
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Income (net of depreciation, amortization, asset impairment charges, and facility consolidation charges)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ (51,939)