Salem 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.
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Network information
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.
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.
Programming
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.
Weekdays
Chris Stigall (6 to 9 a.m. ET)
Mike Gallagher (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
The Charlie Kirk Show (12 to 2 p.m.)
Scott Jennings (2 to 3 p.m.)
Hugh Hewitt (3 to 6 p.m.)
Larry Elder (7 to 10 p.m.)
Eric Metaxas (late nights)
Cal Thomas (short-form commentary)
Dennis Prager (recovering from fall)
Jerry Stewart's One Moment in America (short-form commentary)
Weekends
Mark Davis
Townhall.com Weekend Journal and Townhall.com Week in Review
Bill Gaither's Homecoming
The Dirt Doctor with Howard Garrett
Big Billy Kinder Outdoors
Armed American Radio
The Forever Young Radio Show
The World and Everything in It
Steve Brown Etc.
The Christian Outlook
EggMan Ronnie James (multiple shows) (limited syndication)
The satellite feed for Salem's general market programming can be heard on the CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks, on CRN3.
List of contemporary Christian music stations
The Salem Radio Network contemporary Christian music (CCM) stations are referred to as TheFISH. 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.
List of Christian teaching radio programs
The following is a list of Salem Radio Christian teaching radio programs:
Allen Jackson Ministries
A New Beginning
Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism
Destined for Victory
Discovering the Jewish Jesus
Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk
Family Life Ministries
Focus on the Family
Gospel in Life
Grace to You
Harvest Ministries
Haven Ministries
Hope for the Heart
In Touch Ministries
Insight for Living
Jay Sekulow
Key Life
Know the Truth
Leading the Way
Living on the Edge
Love Worth Finding
Ministry in the Marketplace
New Life Ministries
Pastor Rick's Daily Hope
Network properties
Over-the-air networks
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 SiriusXM.