CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 3,101,971	$ 2,910,930	$ 3,279,245
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues	[1]	1,756,115	1,718,857	1,693,221
Business units - Selling, general and administrative expenses		394,589	412,000	414,530
Corporate - General and administrative expenses		51,851	65,933	60,108
Depreciation		59,935	59,769	61,195
Amortization of intangible assets		53,600	53,467	59,882
Asset impairment and other (see Note 10)		1,097	3,359	(323)
Merger termination fee		0	(136,000)	0
Total		2,317,187	2,177,385	2,288,613
Operating income		784,784	733,545	990,632
Non-operating (expense) income:
Interest expense		(169,238)	(172,904)	(174,022)
Interest income		26,991	29,292	6,922
Other non-operating items, net		130,450	16,613	10,036
Total		(11,797)	(126,999)	(157,064)
Income before income taxes		772,987	606,546	833,568
Provision for income taxes		173,944	130,199	202,370
Net Income		599,043	476,347	631,198
Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		775	377	(729)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.		$ 599,818	$ 476,724	$ 630,469
Earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)		$ 3.55	$ 2.29	$ 2.82
Earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 3.53	$ 2.28	$ 2.81
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		168,434	207,594	223,652
Diluted (in shares)		169,165	207,947	224,486

[1] Cost of revenues exclude charges for depreciation and amortization expense, which are shown separately above.