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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

ACQUISITIONS AND RECENT TRANSACTIONS (Narrative) (Details)

ACQUISITIONS AND RECENT TRANSACTIONS (Narrative) (Details) - Subsequent Event Type [Domain] - Scenario Unspecified [Domain] - USD ($)																						3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 04, 2015	Jun. 02, 2015	May. 22, 2015	May. 12, 2015	May. 07, 2015	May. 06, 2015	Apr. 07, 2015	Apr. 02, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 27, 2015	Mar. 05, 2015	Feb. 06, 2015	Jan. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 28, 2014	Sep. 29, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 28, 2013	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Feb. 20, 2015	Jan. 10, 2014	Dec. 10, 2013
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Loss on early retirement of long-term debt																								$ (41,000)	$ (8,000)
Amortization of bond issue costs and bank loan fees																								314,000	344,000
Class A and Class B common stock, dividend paid																								3,301,000	2,958,000
Purchase price																								6,873,000
Goodwill	$ 24,816,000														$ 24,684,000							$ 24,816,000		24,816,000
Acquisition-related expenses																								200,000	$ 300,000
Cash paid toward the contingent earn-out consideration																						(877,000)		(1,177,000)
Cash paid to acquire land in Greenville, South Carolina								$ 200,000
Term Loan B [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Repayment of Term Loan B														$ 2,000,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 2,250,000	$ 750,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 4,000,000
Debt, issuance of principal amount														300,000,000
Loss on early retirement of long-term debt														15,000
Amortization of bond issue costs and bank loan fees														$ 27,000										27,000
First Quarter Dividend [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Class A and Class B common stock, dividend declared date	Jun. 02, 2015									Mar. 05, 2015
Class A and Class B common stock, dividend declared per share			$ 0.0650									$ 0.0650
Class A and Class B common stock, dividend paid			$ 1,700,000									$ 1,600,000
Class A and Class B common stock, payment date	Jun. 30, 2015									Mar. 31, 2015
Class A and Class B common stock, record date	Jun. 16, 2015									Mar. 17, 2015
Twitchy.com (business acquisition) [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration	$ 200,000																					200,000		200,000				$ 600,000
Maximum additional amount which may be paid over the remaining earn-out period based on the achievement of certain page view milestones	700,000																					700,000		700,000
Cash paid toward the contingent earn-out consideration																								600,000
Eagle Publishing (business acquisition) [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration	1,700,000																					1,700,000		1,700,000			$ 2,000,000
Maximum additional amount which may be paid over the remaining earn-out period based on the achievement of certain page view milestones	$ 6,000,000																					$ 6,000,000		6,000,000
Cash paid toward the contingent earn-out consideration																								900,000
Radio station, WDYZ-AM in Orlando, Florida (business acquisition)
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date											Mar. 27, 2015
Purchase price											$ 1,300,000
Goodwill											$ 3,200
Bryan Perry's Cash Machine and Premium Income (business acquisition) [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date													Feb. 06, 2015
Purchase price													$ 200,000
Goodwill													$ 2,600
Contingent earn-out consideration achievement of milestone period													2 years
Percentage of amount payable to seller													50.00%
Estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration													$ 200,000
Cash paid toward the contingent earn-out consideration																								14,167
Radio station, WPGP-AM in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date					May 12, 2015
Purchase price					$ 1,000,000
Goodwill					$ 5,400
Business acquisition purchase price																										$ 1,000,000
Purchases of domain names (asset purchases)
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Purchase price																								$ 100,000
WDWD-AM, Atlanta, Georgia (business acquisition) [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date						May 07, 2015
Purchase price						$ 2,800,000
Goodwill						$ 5,200
Business acquisition purchase price																										$ 2,800,000
Radio station KKSP-FM in Little Rock, Arkansas [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date									Apr. 01, 2015
Business acquisition purchase price									$ 1,500,000
Domain names and mobile applications for Daily Bible Devotion [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date			Jun. 02, 2015				May 06, 2015
Purchase price							$ 1,242,000
Contingent earn-out consideration achievement of milestone period							2 years
Contingent earn-out consideration estimated fair value							$ 100,000
Contingent earn-out consideration achievement of actual milestone period							2 years
Business acquisition purchase price			$ 1,500,000				$ 1,100,000
Maximum additional amount which may be paid over the remaining earn-out period based on the achievement of certain page view milestones							300,000
Business acquisition, goodwill							$ 100,000
Radio station WMKI-AM in Boston, Massachusetts [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date				May 22, 2015
Business acquisition purchase price				$ 500,000
Radio station KMKI-AM in Dallas, Texas [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date				May 22, 2015
Business acquisition purchase price				$ 3,000,000
Gene Smart Wellness e-commerce website [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date		Jun. 04, 2015
Purchase price		$ 100,000
Business acquisition purchase price		$ 100,000