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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

SEGMENT DATA (Schedule of Segment Data) (Details)

SEGMENT DATA (Schedule of Segment Data) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Net revenue	$ 61,856,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 62,344,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Operating expenses	51,405,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses	52,266,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration and (gain) loss on disposal of assets	10,451,000	10,078,000
Depreciation	3,172,000us-gaap_CostOfServicesDepreciation	3,129,000us-gaap_CostOfServicesDepreciation
Amortization	1,329,000us-gaap_CostOfServicesAmortization	1,608,000us-gaap_CostOfServicesAmortization
Impairment of long-lived assets	0
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration	118,000	127,000
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets	129,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	(117,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
Operating income	5,703,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	5,331,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Inventories, net	641,000us-gaap_InventoryNet		572,000us-gaap_InventoryNet
Property and equipment, net	99,378,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet		99,227,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Broadcast licenses	386,302,000		385,726,000
Goodwill	24,690,000us-gaap_Goodwill		24,684,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets	833,000		833,000
Amortizable intangible assets, net	11,780,000		12,395,000
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Net revenue		62,344,000
Operating expenses		52,266,000
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration and (gain) loss on disposal of assets		10,078,000
Operating Segments [Member] \| Broadcast [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Net revenue	46,539,000	46,769,000
Operating expenses	33,917,000	33,346,000
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration and (gain) loss on disposal of assets	12,622,000	13,423,000
Depreciation	1,951,000	1,988,000
Amortization	23,000	28,000
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets	129,000	(117,000)
Operating income	10,519,000	11,524,000
Inventories, net
Property and equipment, net	82,317,000		81,948,000
Broadcast licenses	386,302,000		385,726,000
Goodwill	3,959,000		3,955,000
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets
Amortizable intangible assets, net	560,000		583,000
Operating Segments [Member] \| Digital Media [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Net revenue	10,791,000	11,312,000
Operating expenses	9,000,000	8,850,000
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration and (gain) loss on disposal of assets	1,791,000	2,462,000
Depreciation	776,000	753,000
Amortization	1,170,000	1,278,000
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration	33,000	127,000
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
Operating income	(188,000)	304,000
Inventories, net	248,000		222,000
Property and equipment, net	6,962,000		7,111,000
Broadcast licenses
Goodwill	19,679,000		19,677,000
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets
Amortizable intangible assets, net	9,428,000		9,884,000
Operating Segments [Member] \| Publishing [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Net revenue	4,526,000	4,263,000
Operating expenses	4,497,000	5,006,000
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration and (gain) loss on disposal of assets	29,000	(743,000)
Depreciation	168,000	101,000
Amortization	136,000	302,000
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration	85,000
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets	(1,000)
Operating income	(359,000)	(1,146,000)
Inventories, net	393,000		350,000
Property and equipment, net	1,873,000		1,941,000
Broadcast licenses
Goodwill	1,044,000		1,044,000
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets	833,000		833,000
Amortizable intangible assets, net	1,790,000		1,926,000
Operating Segments [Member] \| Unallocated Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item for Operating Profit (Loss) from Segment to Consolidated [Line Items]
Net revenue
Operating expenses	3,991,000	5,064,000
Net operating income (loss) before depreciation, amortization, change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration and (gain) loss on disposal of assets	(3,991,000)	(5,064,000)
Depreciation	277,000	287,000
Amortization
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets	1,000
Operating income	(4,269,000)	(5,351,000)
Inventories, net
Property and equipment, net	8,226,000		8,227,000
Broadcast licenses
Goodwill	8,000		8,000
Other indefinite-lived intangible assets
Amortizable intangible assets, net	$ 2,000		$ 2,000