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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Payment Term

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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Fair Value Disclosure

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Number of stations acquired

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount recognized for assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 16, 2014 station	Dec. 31, 2014 television_station	Jan. 02, 2014	Jun. 16, 2014	Jan. 01, 2014	Sep. 16, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of television stations acquired	2ssp_NumberOfStationsAcquired	2ssp_NumberOfStationsAcquired
Goodwill		$ 106,261,000us-gaap_Goodwill					$ 27,966,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 27,966,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 28,591,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired					4,000,000
Estimated useful life			5 years
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired					2,000,000
Detroit MyNetworkTV Affiliate and Buffalo ABC Affiliate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business				110,000,000
Intangible assets acquired	53,500,000			53,500,000
Goodwill	44,715,000			44,715,000
Business combination, purchase price	110,000,000			110,000,000
Detroit MyNetworkTV Affiliate and Buffalo ABC Affiliate [Member] \| Retransmission Agreements, Television Network Affiliate Relationships, Advertiser Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	19,000,000			19,000,000
Detroit MyNetworkTV Affiliate and Buffalo ABC Affiliate [Member] \| Retransmission Agreements, Television Network Affiliate Relationships, Advertiser Relationships [Member] \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	10 years
Detroit MyNetworkTV Affiliate and Buffalo ABC Affiliate [Member] \| Retransmission Agreements, Television Network Affiliate Relationships, Advertiser Relationships [Member] \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	20 years
Detroit MyNetworkTV Affiliate and Buffalo ABC Affiliate [Member] \| Licensing Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	34,000,000			34,000,000
Media Convergence Group (Newsy) [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business					35,000,000
Intangible assets acquired					5,900,000
Goodwill					28,983,000
Business acquisition, working capital adjustment					200,000
Business combination, purchase price					35,222,000
WeatherSphere [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, purchase price						4,000,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, maximum						2,500,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, payment term						3 years
Business combination, earn-out provision						$ 1,200,000