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INCOME TAXES:
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
7.  INCOME TAXES:
 
The Company recorded tax expense of approximately $19.8 million on a pre-tax loss from continuing operations of approximately $11.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, based on the actual effective tax rate for the current period. Because our income tax expense does not have a correlation to our pre-tax earnings, small changes in those earnings can have a significant impact on the income tax expense we recognize.  The Company continues to estimate a range of possible outcomes due to the proportion of deferred tax expense from indefinite-lived intangible assets over pre-tax earnings. As a result, we believe the actual effective tax rate best represents the estimated effective rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, in accordance with ASC 740-270, “Interim Reporting.”
 
As of September 30, 2013, the Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance  on its deferred tax assets for substantially all entities, including Reach Media, for its net deferred tax assets, but excludes deferred tax liabilities related to indefinite-lived intangible assets. In accordance with ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, the Company continually assesses the adequacy of the valuation allowance by assessing the likely future tax consequences of events that have been realized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns, tax planning strategies, and future profitability. As of September 30, 2013, the Company does not believe it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realized. As part of the assessment, the Company has not included the deferred tax liability related to indefinite-lived intangible assets as a source of future taxable income to support realization of the deferred tax assets.
Reach Media, Inc. [Member]
  
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
3.  INCOME TAXES:
   
Reach Media estimates the provision for income taxes, income tax liabilities, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and any valuation allowances in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” as if Reach Media were a separate taxpayer rather than a member of Radio One’s consolidated income tax return group.  Reach Media and Radio One do not have a formal tax sharing agreement, thus differences between Reach Media’s separate company income tax provision and Radio One’s consolidated tax provision have been recognized as capital contributions from, or dividends to, Radio One.  We estimate effective tax rates based on local tax laws and statutory rates, apportionment factors, taxable income for our filing jurisdictions and disallowable items, among other factors. Audits by the Internal Revenue Service or state and local tax authorities could yield different interpretations from our own, and differences between taxes recorded and taxes owed per our filed returns could cause us to record additional taxes.
 
Reach Media recorded a tax expense of approximately $1.5 million on pre-tax income of approximately $3.3 million for the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, based on the annualized effective tax rate of approximately 39.2%. The difference between the effective rate for the period and the federal statutory rate of 35.0% primarily relates to state and local taxes, and prior year true-ups.