Salem Media Group, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Narrative) (Details)

NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Jan. 30, 2015	Mar. 14, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Mar. 14, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Bank loan fees written off in conjunction with the early retirement of debt	$ 158,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	$ 172,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Loss on early retirement of long-term debt	(41,000)	(8,000)
Debt, accrued interest	43,000us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent						48,000us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent
Term Loan B [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	274,000,000			300,000,000		300,000,000
Interest expense	46,000	46,000
Bank loan fees written off in conjunction with the early retirement of debt	27,000	27,000	27,000
Debt, issued at discount				298,500,000		298,500,000
Term loan maturity year				7 years	7 years
Additional term loan amount increased						60,000,000
Credit facility, quarterly consecutive principal payments					750,000
Loss on early retirement of long-term debt			15,000
Floor percentage on Term Loan	1.00%
Debt, interest rate over LIBOR	3.50%
Debt, interest rate above base rate	2.50%
Debt, increase in interest rate if default occurs	2.00%
Blended interest rate on amounts outstanding	5.06%
Debt, issuance of principal amount			300,000,000
Credit facility, floating rate, interest above prime rate	2.50%
Debt, interest rate above LIBOR	3.50%
Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	$ 500,000			$ 25,000,000		$ 25,000,000
Term loan maturity year						5 years
Debt, interest rate over LIBOR	3.00%
Debt, interest rate above base rate	2.00%
Commitment fees on any unused portion	0.50%
Revolver under senior credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, covenant description	With respect to financial covenants, the credit agreement includes a minimum interest coverage ratio, which started at 1.50 to 1.0 and steps up to 2.50 to 1.0 by 2016 and a maximum leverage ratio, which started at 6.75 to 1.0 and steps down to 5.75 to 1.0 by 2017. The credit agreement also includes other negative covenants that are customary for credit facilities of this type, including covenants that, subject to exceptions described in the credit agreement, restrict the ability of Salem and its subsidiary guarantors
Interest coverage ratio	3.25%						2.25%
Leverage ratio	5.35%
Revolver under senior credit facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio	5.75%
Revolver under senior credit facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio	6.25%						6.75%
Revolver under senior credit facility [Member] \| Covenant requirement [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest coverage ratio	1.50%
Revolver under senior credit facility [Member] \| Covenant requirement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest coverage ratio	2.50%