Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Salem Media (SALM)
Highlights Its Significant Digital Businesses
Salem Media Group is America’s leading radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher targeting audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and conservative values. In addition to its radio properties, Salem owns Salem Radio Network, which syndicates talk, news and music programming to approximately 2700 affiliates; Salem Radio Representatives, a national radio advertising sales force; Salem Web Network, a leading Internet provider of Christian content and online streaming; and Salem Publishing, a leading publisher of Christian themed magazines. Salem owns and operates 115 radio stations, with 73 stations in the nation’s top 25 top markets – and 25 in the top 10. Each of our radio properties has a full portfolio of broadcast and digital marketing opportunities.
Michael Kupinski, Director of Research, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
Patrick McCann, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
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NobleCon18 highlights. Evan Masyr, CFO, updated the company’s presentation to highlight its compelling digital businesses, which represent a solid 29% of total company revenues. These businesses have grown revenues at a 17% compound annual growth rate over the past 3 years. To watch a full replay of the presentation, please click here.
A durable broadcast business. Block programming, in which non-profits purchase ad-free air time and fund it through contributions from their audiences, is the largest component of the Radio segment, at 47% of Radio revenue and 28% of total company revenue. There are very high renewal rates of over 95% annually for the format, which tends to be very recession resilient. In 2022, the Block …
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