Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Expected Proceeds From Divestiture

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Number Of Expected Divestitures

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Professional Fees

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Number of Radio Stations

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow from the sale of property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) radio_station	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) radio_station	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) radio_station	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fees related to marketing agreements	$ 400
Radio Segment \| Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of radio stations \| radio_station	34		34	34
Proceeds from sale of radio stations			$ 75,500
Number of radio stations expected to sell \| radio_station	8		8	8
Expected proceeds from divestiture	$ 8,000		$ 8,000	$ 8,000
Impairment of goodwill	$ 0	$ 0		$ 25,900	$ 0