Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Maintained by Acquiree

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Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs, Canceled Acquisition, Breakup Fee

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Number of markets where the entity operates.

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The element that represents the Company's number of stations.

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Unsolicited Tender Offer, Acquirer Shares per Share - Acquirer shares per Company share portion of the Unsolicited Tender Offer price.

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Unsolicited Tender Offer, Cash Per Share - Cash portion of the per share price in connection with an unsolicited tender offer

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Basis of Presentation (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) station market	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) station market segment	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 05, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition related costs, canceled acquisition, termination fee				$ 60,000	$ 0
Merger-related expenses		$ 1,360	$ 10,014	$ 68,803	$ 18,907
Number of reportable segments \| segment				2
Number of stations \| station		71		71
Number of markets \| market		48		48
Debt issuance costs reclassified		$ 22,989		$ 22,989		$ 32,244
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 [Member] \| Other Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs reclassified						(32,000)
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 [Member] \| Other Assets [Member] \| JSA and SSA entities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs reclassified						(285)
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 [Member] \| Long-term Debt [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs reclassified		$ 26,000		$ 26,000		32,000
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 [Member] \| Long-term Debt [Member] \| JSA and SSA entities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs reclassified						$ 285
Senior Notes 2022 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Interest rate (percentage)		5.875%		5.875%			5.875%
Meredith Corporation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition related costs, canceled acquisition, termination fee	$ 60,000
LIN Merger [Member] \| Senior Notes 2022 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Interest rate (percentage)							8.375%
LIN Merger [Member] \| Senior Notes 2021 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Interest rate (percentage)		6.375%		6.375%
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. [Member] \| Media General [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Unsolicited tender offer, share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 10.55
Unsolicited tender offer, acquirer shares per share (in shares)	0.1249
Ownership percentage maintained by acquiree (percentage)	34.00%
Ownership percentage acquired (percentage)	66.00%
Merger-related expenses		$ 1,400		$ 69,000