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Property, Plant And Equipment, Intangible Assets And Goodwill (Property, Plant And Equipment) (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment    
Property, plant and equipment $ 4,782,841us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 4,599,719us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less: accumulated depreciation 1,885,211us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment 1,562,865us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,897,630us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 3,036,854us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land, Buildings and Improvements [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment    
Property, plant and equipment 723,268us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandBuildingsAndImprovementsMember		 685,431us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandBuildingsAndImprovementsMember
Structures [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment    
Property, plant and equipment 3,021,152us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember		 2,949,458us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
Towers, transmitters and studio equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment    
Property, plant and equipment 440,612us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= ck0000739708_TowersTransmittersAndStudioEquipmentMember		 427,679us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= ck0000739708_TowersTransmittersAndStudioEquipmentMember
Furniture and other equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment    
Property, plant and equipment 473,995us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember		 431,757us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember
Construction in progress [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment    
Property, plant and equipment $ 123,814us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember		 $ 105,394us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember