NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Nature of Operations (Details)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021 station market segment channel
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments \| segment	2
Number of television stations owned \| station	185
Number of markets \| market	86
Number of channels \| channel	631

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Represent the number of markets in which broadcasting and media stations are operated.

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Represents the number of television stations owned by the entity.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123359005&loc=d3e8672-108599

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