Salem Media Group

Salem Media Group, Inc.

Company type	Public company
Traded as	Nasdaq: SALM (Class A) Russell Microcap Index component
Industry	Mass media commercial radio broadcasting
Genre	Radio broadcasting, publishing, internet content provider
Founded	1974
Founders	Stuart Epperson Edward Atsinger III
Headquarters	6400 N Beltline Road Irving, Texas , U.S.
Revenue	$262.78 million (2018)[1]
Number of employees	1,173 (2019)
Website	salemmedia.com

Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM; formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas, targeting audiences interested in Christian values and what it describes as "family-themed content and conservative values".^[2]

Salem Media Group owns 117 radio stations in 38 markets, including 60 stations in the top 25 markets and 29 in the top 10, making it tied with Audacy for the fifth-largest radio broadcaster.^[2]

In addition to its radio properties, the company owns:

• Salem Radio Network, which syndicates talk, news and music programming to approximately 2,400 affiliates.
• Salem Media Representatives, a radio advertising company.
• Salem Web Network, an Internet provider of Christian content and online streaming with over 100 Christian content and conservative opinion websites.
• Salem Publishing, a publisher of Christian themed magazines.
• Conservative websites Townhall.com, RedState, Hot Air, and PJ Media, as well as Twitter aggregator Twitchy.

The company was founded by brothers-in-law Stuart Epperson and Edward G. Atsinger III and is a for-profit corporation. This allows it to accept commercial advertising.