| Component: (Network and Table) | |
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| Network | 2405408 - Disclosure - LONG-TERM DEBT - Schedule of Outstanding Priority Guarantee Notes and Subsidiary Senior Notes (Details) (http://www.iheartcommunications.com/role/LongTermDebtScheduleOfOutstandingPriorityGuaranteeNotesAndSubsidiarySeniorNotesDetails) |
| Table | Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000739708 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Debt Instrument [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-12-31 | 2015-12-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Debt, Type [Axis] | Long-term Debt, Type [Axis] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Priority Guarantee Notes | Subsidiary Senior Notes | Long-term Debt, Type [Domain] | Priority Guarantee Notes | Subsidiary Senior Notes | Long-term Debt, Type [Domain] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt Instrument [Axis] | Debt Instrument [Axis] | Debt Instrument [Axis] | Debt Instrument [Axis] | Debt Instrument [Axis] | Debt Instrument [Axis] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2019 | 9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2021 | 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2021 | 9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2022 | 10.625% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2023 | Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] | 6.5% Series A Senior Notes Due 2022 | 6.5% Series B Senior Notes Due 2022 | 7.625% Series A Senior Notes Due 2020 | 7.625% Series B Senior Notes Due 2020 | Total CCWH Notes | 8.75% Senior Notes Due 2020 | Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] | Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] | 9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2019 | 9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2021 | 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2021 | 9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2022 | 10.625% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2023 | Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] | 6.5% Series A Senior Notes Due 2022 | 6.5% Series B Senior Notes Due 2022 | 7.625% Series A Senior Notes Due 2020 | 7.625% Series B Senior Notes Due 2020 | Total CCWH Notes | 8.75% Senior Notes Due 2020 | Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] | Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] | |
Interest Rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Priority Guarantee Notes | 12,925,802,000 | 12,830,043,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Senior Notes | 20,364,988,000 | 20,720,611,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||