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Salem Radio Network Type Radio network CountryUnited States
Owner Salem Media Group Launch date 2009 Availability National, through regional affiliates Website www.srnonline.comSalem Radio Network is a United States–based radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian political talk, music, and conservative secular news/talk programming. It is a division of the Salem Media Group.[1]
Network information[edit]Salem Radio Network was launched in 2009, and operates on mostly four radio formats: Christian talk and teaching (transmitted on AM in some areas and on FM in others), Contemporary Christian music (transmitted mostly on FM stations), conservative News/Talk format (transmitted on AM stations), and Christian Teaching (transmitted on AM stations).
Contemporary Christian Music is transmitted full-time on most stations, but in areas where Salem has a limited number of stations it is transmitted only part-time in morning and afternoon drive times on weekdays and weekend afternoons. Where Salem only has one FM station (WAVA-FM in Washington, D.C., and WORD-FM in Pittsburgh), CCM is transmitted on weekends, with talk and teaching on weekdays. Most CCM stations play music full-time and do not sell blocks of time to religious organizations except sometimes on Sunday mornings. Educational Media Foundation entered into an agreement to purchase this network at the end of 2024, taking effect upon closure of the deal in 2025.[2]
Christian Talk, comprising talk shows where listeners call in and participate in the show, is transmitted during weekdays in some areas, and only in drive times in others. The rest of the day is filled with blocks of time ranging from a few minutes to an hour sold to churches and Christian organizations.
Conservative Talk, branded in most markets as "The Answer" since 2014, transmits full-time on a commercial basis. These stations only sell advertisement time, not blocks of time like Christian Talk counterparts–though brokered programming may be offered on weekends, as secular stations often do. Some of these stations have religious programs on Sunday mornings.
The teaching format relies on selling blocks of time to organizations full-time. These stations offer diverse religious features such as church services, political and religious interview features, Christian family life programs, and children's shows. Music–exclusively Christian–is only transmitted by a few of these stations at times during the weekend.[3]
The company's Salem Radio Network subsidiary produces several talk radio shows and a 24-hour news service that are distributed to hundreds of radio affiliates around the country.
The satellite feed for Salem's general market programming can be heard on the CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks, on CRN3.
List of local Christian talk radio shows[edit] List of contemporary Christian music stations[edit]The Salem Radio Network contemporary Christian music (CCM) stations are referred to as TheFISH.[8] In 2025, Educational Media Foundation is scheduled to purchase the stations, along with the TheFISH intellectual properties, with intent to assimilate them into their own competing Air1 and K-Love networks.[2]
List of Salem Media contemporary Christian music stations[8] Station FM Frequency City WTOH-HD2 95.9 Columbus List of Christian teaching radio programs[edit]The following is a list of Salem Radio Christian teaching radio programs:[9]
Salem Music Network is a division of SRN which operates three networks for the use of over-the-air stations. These feeds are mostly for stations in small and mid-size markets or HD Radio sub-channel use. The networks are distributed through both audio over IP and satellite.
Unlike other major radio networks, SRN's broadcast clock does not include a top-of-the-hour newscast, though four local insertion opportunities and a station identification spot are provided.
= Available through terrestrial radio affiliates.
= Available exclusively via Sirius XM.
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