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Number of stations acquired

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, excluding oil and gas property and timber property.

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The amount by which the fair value of an investment is less than the amortized cost basis or carrying amount of that investment at the balance sheet date and the decline in fair value is deemed to be other than temporary, before considering whether or not such amount is recognized in earnings or other comprehensive income.

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The loss recognized on termination of a contract.

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Amount of expenses associated with exit or disposal activities pursuant to an authorized plan. Excludes expenses related to a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Asset Write-Downs and Other Charges and Credits - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Jun. 16, 2014 station	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 television_station	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Nov. 26, 2013
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(Losses) gains, net on disposal of property, plant and equipment		$ (601,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ 2,951,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ (22,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ (68,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ (26,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ (177,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ 42,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ (5,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ 2,260,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ (166,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	$ (474,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
Non-cash charge to investments										5,900,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments		1,400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments
Restructuring charges										0us-gaap_RestructuringCharges	4,893,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges	9,335,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
Non-cash charge for loss on disposition of investments and impairments											4,500,000
Contract termination fee												5,663,000us-gaap_LossOnContractTermination
Acquisition and related integration costs										13,974,000	0	5,826,000
Financing Agreement [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Non-cash charge to write off unamortized deferred loan fees													4,600,000
Land [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
(Losses) gains, net on disposal of property, plant and equipment			$ 3,000,000