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Other Significant Transactions - Income Statement Disclosures from LMA (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2014	May 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013	Aug. 31, 2013	May 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Apr. 26, 2012	May 30, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt, Face Amount													$ 82,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Net revenues	53,430,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	62,960,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	61,824,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	59,724,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	46,972,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	52,621,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	54,967,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	50,586,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	237,938,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	205,146,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	196,084,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Station Operating Expenses Excluding Depreciation And Amortization									181,009,000	159,009,000	154,071,000
Depreciation and amortization									5,926,000us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization	4,866,000us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization	4,722,000us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization
Interest expense									17,101,000us-gaap_InterestExpense	7,068,000us-gaap_InterestExpense	20,899,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
Radio
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									176,250,000	145,276,000	138,630,000
Station Operating Expenses Excluding Depreciation And Amortization									117,167,000	97,564,000	95,830,000
Depreciation and amortization									3,143,000	2,476,000	2,451,000
Radio \| 98.7FM (New York)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									10,331,000	10,331,000	10,589,000
Station Operating Expenses Excluding Depreciation And Amortization									1,002,000	1,009,000	4,410,000
Depreciation and amortization									0	0	112,000
Interest expense									3,238,000	3,416,000	2,689,000
Local Programming And Marketing Agreement
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Annual license fees received												$ 8,400,000
Annual license fees increased in percent									3.50%