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Property, Plant And Equipment, Intangible Assets And Goodwill (Schedule Of Property, Plant And Equipment) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 4,816,477us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 4,782,841us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less: accumulated depreciation	2,117,413us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1,885,211us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,699,064us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	2,897,630us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land, buildings and improvements [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	731,925us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandBuildingsAndImprovementsMember	723,268us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandBuildingsAndImprovementsMember
Structures [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	2,999,582us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingMember	3,021,152us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingMember
Towers, transmitters and studio equipment [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	453,044us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = cik0001400891_TowersTransmittersAndStudioEquipmentMember	440,612us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = cik0001400891_TowersTransmittersAndStudioEquipmentMember
Furniture and other equipment [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	536,255us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember	473,995us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember
Construction in progress [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 95,671us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember	$ 123,814us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember

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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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