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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment | The Company’s property, plant and equipment consisted of the following classes of assets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively:
(In thousands) | December 31, |  | December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Land, buildings and improvements | $ | 562,702 |  |  | $ | 570,566 |
Structures | 2,864,442 |  |  | 2,684,673 |
Towers, transmitters and studio equipment | 356,664 |  |  | 350,760 |
Furniture and other equipment | 707,163 |  |  | 622,848 |
Construction in progress | 74,810 |  |  | 91,655 |
| 4,565,781 |  |  | 4,320,502 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | 2,681,067 |  |  | 2,372,340 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 1,884,714 |  |  | $ | 1,948,162 |
Schedule of Gross Carrying Amount and Accumulated Amortization of Other Intangible Assets | The following table presents the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for each major class of other intangible assets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively:
(In thousands) | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization
Transit, street furniture and other outdoor contractual rights | $ | 548,918 |  |  | $ | (440,284 | ) |  | $ | 563,863 |  |  | $ | (426,752 | )
Customer / advertiser relationships | 1,226,314 |  |  | (1,133,251 | ) |  | 1,222,519 |  |  | (1,012,380 | )
Talent contracts | 161,962 |  |  | (138,728 | ) |  | 319,384 |  |  | (281,060 | )
Representation contracts | 77,507 |  |  | (62,753 | ) |  | 253,511 |  |  | (229,413 | )
Permanent easements | 162,920 |  |  | — |  |  | 159,782 |  |  | — |
Other | 372,292 |  |  | (224,841 | ) |  | 390,171 |  |  | (219,117 | )
Total | $ | 2,549,913 |  |  | $ | (1,999,857 | ) |  | $ | 2,909,230 |  |  | $ | (2,168,722 | )
Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense | The following table presents the Company’s estimate of amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for definite-lived intangible assets:
(In thousands) |
2018 | $ | 131,681 |
2019 | 44,972 |
2020 | 38,307 |
2021 | 33,618 |
2022 | 28,742 |
Schedule of Changes in the Carrying Amount of Goodwill | The following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill in each of the Company’s reportable segments:
(In thousands) | iHM |  | Americas Outdoor Advertising |  | International Outdoor Advertising |  | Other |  | Consolidated
Balance as of December 31, 2015 | $ | 3,288,481 |  |  | $ | 534,683 |  |  | $ | 223,892 |  |  | $ | 81,831 |  |  | $ | 4,128,887 |
Impairment | — |  |  | — |  |  | (7,274 | ) |  | — |  |  | (7,274 | )
Dispositions | — |  |  | (6,934 | ) |  | (30,718 | ) |  | — |  |  | (37,652 | )
Foreign currency | — |  |  | (1,998 | ) |  | (5,051 | ) |  | — |  |  | (7,049 | )
Assets held for sale | — |  |  | (10,337 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10,337 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | $ | 3,288,481 |  |  | $ | 515,414 |  |  | $ | 180,849 |  |  | $ | 81,831 |  |  | $ | 4,066,575 |
Impairment | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,591 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,591 | )
Acquisitions | 2,442 |  |  | 2,252 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,694 |
Dispositions | (35,715 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,817 | ) |  | — |  |  | (37,532 | )
Foreign currency | — |  |  | 777 |  |  | 18,070 |  |  | — |  |  | 18,847 |
Assets held for sale | — |  |  | 89 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 89 |
Balance as of December 31, 2017 | $ | 3,255,208 |  |  | $ | 518,532 |  |  | $ | 195,511 |  |  | $ | 81,831 |  |  | $ | 4,051,082 |

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