Salem Radio Network#Programming

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.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Coming Soon To Salem Stations: Commercials For EMF's Stations. |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/coming-soon-to-a-salem-station-near-you-commercials-for-emf-s-stations/article_26d0bb7e-d7ce-11ef-8c56-9f5c86a704a2.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Insideradio.com |language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://salem.cc/srn-pages/srn-talk|title=SRN Talk – Salem Media Group|website=salem.cc}}

The company's Salem Radio Network subsidiary produces several talk radio shows and a 24-hour news service that are distributed to more than 2,000 radio affiliates around the country.

• Hugh Hewitt{{cite web|url=http://salem.cc/srn-talk-format/general-market|title=General Market Talk Show Hosts – SRN Talk Formats – Salem Media Group|website=salem.cc}}
• Mike Gallagher
• Dennis Prager
• Sebastian Gorka{{cite web |last=Salem Radio Network |date=November 8, 2018 |title=Press release: Sebastian Gorka to Launch Nationally Syndicated Radio Show with Salem Radio Network |url=https://apnews.com/59e154462afa4f3dacf0bd1e7d45a4fc |website=AP}}
• Brandon Tatum
• Charlie Kirk
• Eric Metaxas
• Cal Thomas (short-form commentary)
• Jerry Stewart's One Moment in America (short-form commentary)

• 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)

William Bennett is a designated fill-in host. Bennett previously hosted Salem's morning drive-time show for a decade before retiring in March 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hugh-hewitt-larry-elder-salem-879432|title=Hugh Hewitt, Larry Elder in Salem Radio Network Shake-Up|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 30, 2016}}

The satellite feed for Salem's general market programming can be heard on the CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks, on CRN3.

The Salem Radio Network contemporary Christian music (CCM) stations are referred to as TheFISH.{{cite web |title=Salem Media Group Corporate Guide 2021 |url=https://salemmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SALEMCorpGuide-2021_Pages_se.pdf |publisher=Salem Media Group |access-date=6 June 2024 |pages=31 |date=2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011205010/https://salemmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SALEMCorpGuide-2021_Pages_se.pdf |archive-date=October 11, 2023 }} 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.

The following is a list of Salem Radio Christian teaching radio programs:{{cite web |title=Salem Media Group Corporate Guide 2021 |url=https://salemmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SALEMCorpGuide-2021_Pages_se.pdf |publisher=Salem Media Group |access-date=6 June 2024 |pages=32 |date=2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011205010/https://salemmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SALEMCorpGuide-2021_Pages_se.pdf |archive-date=October 11, 2023 }}

• 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
• Pathway to Victory
• PowerPoint Ministries
• Real Life Radio
• Saving America Radio with Charlie Kirk
• Sekulow
• Shalom Ministries International
• Somebody Loves You Radio
• The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
• The FLOT Line
• The Grace Message
• The Lutheran Hour
• The Narrow Path
• The Urban Alternative
• The Voice of the Martyrs
• Thru the Bible
• Truth for Life
• Turning Point for God
• Unlimited Grace
• Winning Walk Family
• World Missionary Evangelism
• Worship & the Word

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.

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• Lee Habeeb
• Phil Boyce

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