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Long-Term Debt (Detail) (USD $)	Feb. 28, 2015	Jun. 10, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	$ 269,600,000us-gaap_SecuredDebt
Current maturities	(6,840,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent		(12,541,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Unamortized original issue discount	(6,382,000)		(1,475,000)
Total long-term debt	254,150,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt		114,926,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	8,000,000
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	185,000,000
2012 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	0		54,000,000
2012 Credit Agreement \| Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	0		0
2012 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	0		54,000,000
2014 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	193,000,000		0
Unamortized original issue discount		(6,100,000)
Total long-term debt	193,000,000	185,000,000.0
2014 Credit Agreement \| Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	8,000,000		0
2014 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Credit Agreement debt	185,000,000		0
Digonex Nonrecourse Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Nonrecourse debt	3,971,000		0
98.7 FM Nonrecourse Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Nonrecourse debt	$ 70,401,000		$ 74,942,000