Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended							3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Level 2 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Level 2 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Receivables Based Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Cash Pay Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Cash Pay Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Cash Pay Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Toggle Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Toggle Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Toggle Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Clear Channel Senior Notes, 5.75% [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Term Loan A [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Term Loan B [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Term Loan C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Term Loan D [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Term Loan D [Member] Adjusted LIBOR [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Term Loan D [Member] Base rate [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] First Redemption Portion [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] Second Redemption Portion [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] 12% Cash Payment [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] 2% PIK Payment [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Subsidiary Senior Revolving Credit Facility Due 2018 [Member]
Long Term Debt Other Disclosures [Abstract]
Principal amount													$ 575,000,000	$ 312,100,000		$ 3,000,000,000	$ 197,200,000	$ 5,000,000,000			$ 1,200,000,000					$ 75,000,000
Stated interest rate							10.75%	10.75%	10.75%	11.00%	11.00%	11.00%	11.25%	5.75%					6.75%	5.75%	14.00%			12.00%	2.00%
Latest maturity date							2016	2016	2016	2016	2016	2016	March 1, 2021	2013		January 30, 2016	January 30, 2016	January 30, 2019			February 1, 2021					2018
Market value				19,900,000,000	18,600,000,000
Accrued interest payment terms													bear interest at a rate of 11.25% per annum, payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2013								Interest on the Senior Notes due 2021 is payable semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 2013
Weighted average interest rate		7.20%	6.70%
Borrowings during the period						269,500,000
Payment Terms [Abstract]
Redemption percentage of face value before redemption date													100.00%								100.00%
Redemption date													March 1, 2016								August 1, 2015
Percentage of aggregate principal redeemable													40.00%								60.00%	30.00%	30.00%
Redemption percentage of face value after redemption date													111.25%									109.00%	112.00%
Voluntary debt prepayment															846,900,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt as a result of write-off of degerred debt issuance costs															3,900,000
Payments for debt modification costs	17,900,000
Portion of debt held by subsidiary										452,700,000				187,900,000							421,000,000
Portion of debt held by subsidiary exchanged for cash										31,700,000
Applicable high yield discount obligation payment											25,300,000
Principal amount exchanged for debt								348,100,000		917,200,000
Principal amount exchanged for cash										64,200,000
Principal debt amount exchanged for senior cash pay notes																					348,000,000
Principal debt amount exchanged for senor toggle notes																					853,000,000
Letters of credit secured by revolving credit facility																										$ 32,600,000