Restricted Cash	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Restricted Cash	Restricted CashAt September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had restricted cash of $34.3 million and $1.1 billion, respectively. The September 30, 2021 balance reflects restricted cash held in escrow from the KMGH Denver television station building sale completed during the third quarter. The December 31, 2020 restricted balance represented the senior secured notes and senior unsecured notes proceeds that were segregated as financing for the January 7, 2021 closing of the ION Media Networks, Inc. acquisition. Refer to Note 9. Long-Term Debt and Note 3. Acquisitions for further information on the $550 million senior secured notes and $500 million senior unsecured notes that were issued on December 30, 2020.

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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