Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Terms, Percentage Of Eligible Accounts Receivable

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Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Terms, Percentage Of Qualified Cash

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Credit Facility, Maximum Aggregate Increase In Credit Facility

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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LONG-TERM DEBT - Size and Availability (Details) - Line of Credit - Asset-based Revolving Credit Facility Due 2023 - USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	May 01, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 450,000,000
Revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 450,000,000
Revolving credit facility \| CCOH
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 450,000,000.0
DIP facility, borrowing base terms, percentage of eligible accounts receivable	90.00%
Line of credit facility, borrowing base terms, percentage of qualified cash	100.00%
Maximum aggregate increase in credit facility	$ 150,000,000