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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail)												1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 18, 2018 USD ($)	May 03, 2018 Tower	Feb. 22, 2017 USD ($)	May 03, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 17, 2015 USD ($) Tower	Oct. 16, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 10, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 25, 2011 USD ($) shares	Aug. 04, 2006 Radio-Stations	Jul. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Radio-Stations	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Tower
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 10,800,000	$ 11,000,000
Proceeds from sale of tower															35,000,000
Percentage of outstanding units ownership interest in Investee	20.00%						20.00%	20.00%	20.00%
Conversion of note receivable and accrued interest to equity investment														187,618
Beasley Broadcasting Management, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														200,000	200,000
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														13,000	12,000
Lease agreement expiration date																	Dec. 31, 2025
Deferred gain on sale																	$ 800,000
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member] | April 30, 2021 [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 0		$ 0
Lease agreement expiration date														Apr. 30, 2021
Number of radio towers sold to unrelated party | Tower					2
Monthly repayment of prepaid rent to related party					$ 5,500
Repayment of prepaid rent to related party														$ 100,000		$ 100,000
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member] | April 30, 2021 [Member] | Prepaid Rent [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Prepaid expense paid by related party					$ 700,000
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member] | December 28, 2020 [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 400,000	400,000
Number of radio stations for which radio tower leased | Radio-Stations														19
Lease agreement expiration date														Dec. 28, 2020
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member] | Lease Agreements Three [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 100,000
Number of radio towers sold for radio station | Tower		1
Lease agreement expiration date														Dec. 31, 2027
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member] | Augusta GA [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of radio towers sold for radio station | Tower																	1
Proceeds from sale of tower																	$ 1,300,000
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member] | Boca Raton, FL [Member] | April 30, 2021 [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of radio stations for which radio tower leased | Radio-Stations											1
Beasley Family Towers Inc [Member] | Tampa Saint Petersburg FL [Member] | Lease Agreements Three [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of radio stations for which radio tower leased | Tower		1
GGB Augusta, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 45,000	42,000
Lease agreement expiration date														Nov. 01, 2023
GGB Estero, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 200,000	200,000
Lease agreement expiration date														Aug. 31, 2019
GGB Las Vegas, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 200,000	200,000
Lease agreement expiration date														Dec. 31, 2023
LN2 DB, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional contribution to related party	$ 150,000		$ 150,000	$ 166,667			$ 166,667	$ 104,167	$ 104,167	$ 250,000		$ 104,167	$ 62,500
Related party stock purchase | shares										25,000
Percentage of outstanding units ownership interest in Investee				20.00%						20.00%		20.00%
Note bearing interest rate			18.00%
Conversion of note receivable and accrued interest to equity investment	$ 187,618
Wintersrun Communications Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease or rental expense														$ 100,000	100,000
Number of radio stations for which radio tower leased | Radio-Stations														1
Lease agreement expiration date																	Dec. 31, 2025
Deferred gain on sale																	$ 300,000
Monthly repayment of prepaid rent to related party						$ 2,559
Repayment of prepaid rent to related party														$ 31,000	$ 31,000
Wintersrun Communications Inc [Member] | Prepaid Rent [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Prepaid expense paid by related party						$ 300,000
Wintersrun Communications Inc [Member] | Charlotte, NC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of radio towers sold for radio station | Tower																	1
Proceeds from sale of tower																	$ 400,000

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