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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Total debt	$ 3,889.7
5.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.375%	5.375%
6.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.125%	6.125%
6.375% Senior Notes due 2021
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.375%	6.375%
Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Amount of debt guaranteed by parent	$ 3,751.7
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. \| 5.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.375%
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. \| 5.625% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2024
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.625%
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. \| 6.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.125%
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. \| 6.375% Senior Notes due 2021
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.375%
Guarantor Subsidiaries and KDSM, LLC \| 5.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.375%
Guarantor Subsidiaries and KDSM, LLC \| 5.625% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2024
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.625%
Guarantor Subsidiaries and KDSM, LLC \| 6.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.125%
Guarantor Subsidiaries and KDSM, LLC \| 6.375% Senior Notes due 2021
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Interest rate (as a percent)	6.375%
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc
Notes Payable And Commercial Bank Financing
Amount of debt guaranteed by parent	$ 3,701.3