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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Goodwill |
|  | Reportable Broadcast Segment |  |  | Other Segments |  |  | Total |
|  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | Gross |  |  | Impairment |  |  | Net |  |  | Gross |  |  | Impairment |  |  | Net |  |  | Gross |  |  | Impairment |  |  | Net |
Balances as of December 31, 2024 |  | $ | 2,920 |  |  | $ | (43 | ) |  | $ | 2,877 |  |  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | (180 | ) |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 3,145 |  |  | $ | (223 | ) |  | $ | 2,922 |
Current year acquisition (Note 3) |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2 |
Balances as of June 30, 2025 |  | $ | 2,922 |  |  | $ | (43 | ) |  | $ | 2,879 |  |  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | (180 | ) |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 3,147 |  |  | $ | (223 | ) |  | $ | 2,924 |
Schedule of Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets |
|  | FCC Licenses |
|  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets |  | Gross |  |  | Impairment |  |  | Net |
Balances as of December 31, 2024 |  | $ | 2,977 |  |  | $ | (48 | ) |  | $ | 2,929 |
Current year acquisition (Note 3) |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 20 |
Balances as of June 30, 2025 |  | $ | 2,997 |  |  | $ | (48 | ) |  | $ | 2,949 |
Schedule of Definite-lived Intangible Assets |
|  | Network Affiliation Agreements |  |  | Other Definite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |  | Total |
|  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Amortization |  |  |  |
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets |  | Gross |  |  | and Impairment |  |  | Net |  |  | Gross |  |  | and Impairment |  |  | Net |  |  | Gross |  |  | and Impairment |  |  | Net |
Balances as of December 31, 2024 |  | $ | 3,125 |  |  | $ | (1,631 | ) |  | $ | 1,494 |  |  | $ | 1,115 |  |  | $ | (762 | ) |  | $ | 353 |  |  | $ | 4,240 |  |  | $ | (2,393 | ) |  | $ | 1,847 |
Balances as of June 30, 2025 |  | $ | 3,125 |  |  | $ | (1,725 | ) |  | $ | 1,400 |  |  | $ | 1,148 |  |  | $ | (817 | ) |  | $ | 331 |  |  | $ | 4,273 |  |  | $ | (2,542 | ) |  | $ | 1,731 |
Estimated Amortization Expense of Definite-Lived Intangible Assets | The following table presents the Company’s estimate of amortization expense for the remainder of 2025, each of the five succeeding years ended December 31 and thereafter for definite-lived intangible assets as of June 30, 2025 (in millions):
Remainder of 2025 |  | $ | 151 |
2026 |  |  | 280 |
2027 |  |  | 265 |
2028 |  |  | 240 |
2029 |  |  | 222 |
2030 |  |  | 178 |
Thereafter |  |  | 395 |
|  | $ | 1,731 |

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