Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense consisted of the following:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2023		2022		2021
Current taxes:
Federal	$	(300)	$	(140)	$	(31)
State	(24)		(50)		(50)
Total current taxes	(324)		(190)		(81)
Deferred taxes:
Federal	57		(163)		(210)
State	7		(39)		79
Total deferred taxes	64		(202)		(131)
Total income tax expense	$	(260)	$	(392)	$	(212)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The following table presents a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate and our effective tax rate:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2023		2022		2021
Federal tax expense, at statutory rate	21.0	%	21.0	%	21.0	%
State income tax expense, net of federal benefit	4.1	%	4.1	%	4.1	%
Change in valuation allowance	(1.7)	%	2.2	%	1.5	%
Tax credits	(7.5)	%	(1.5)	%	(4.7)	%
Share-based compensation	0.8	%	(0.8)	%	(1.0)	%
Impact of nondeductible compensation	0.7	%	0.8	%	0.6	%
Uncertain tax positions	0.4	%	(0.8)	%	(0.1)	%
Audit Settlements	—	%	—	%	(7.6)	%
Other, net	(0.7)	%	(0.6)	%	0.1	%
Effective tax rate	17.1	%	24.4	%	13.9	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities, shown before jurisdictional netting, are presented below:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2023		2022
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits	$	361	$	405
Deferred revenue	42		45
Accrued bonus	28		28
Expensed costs capitalized for tax	66		66
Investments	18		23
Stock based compensation	51		54
Operating lease liability	85		94
Other	26		17
Total deferred tax assets	677		732
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation of property and equipment	(149)		(206)
FCC license	(521)		(520)
Other intangible assets	(204)		(234)
Right of use asset	(68)		(77)
Other	(1)		—
Total deferred tax liabilities	(943)		(1,037)
Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance	(266)		(305)
Valuation allowance	(88)		(113)
Total net deferred tax (liability) asset	$	(354)	$	(418)

Schedule of Uncertain Income Tax Positions

Changes in our unrecognized tax benefits and uncertain tax positions from January 1 through December 31 are set forth below:

	2023		2022
Balance, beginning of year	$	198	$	179
Increases in tax positions for prior years	4		3
Increases in tax positions for current year	32		31
Decreases in tax positions for prior years	(2)		(15)
Decreases in tax positions for current years	(3)		—
Decreases related to settlement with taxing authorities	(58)		—
Balance, end of year	$	171	$	198