Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Rent expense	$ 13,800	$ 16,000	$ 16,800
Office and transmitter buildings
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2024	4,822
2025	2,404
2026	1,921
2027	1,460
2028	1,142
Thereafter	1,488
Total	$ 13,237

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Lessee, Noncancelable Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, after Year Five

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Lessee, Noncancelable Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Section 45
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