NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION Salem Media Group, Inc. (“Salem” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “company”) is a domestic multimedia company specializing in Christian and conservative content. Our media properties include radio broadcasting, digital media, and publishing entities. We have three operating segments: (1) Broadcast, (2) Digital Media, and (3) Publishing, which are discussed in Note 21. Segment Data. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of Salem include the company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant areas for which management uses estimates include:
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asset impairments, including broadcasting licenses, goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets; |
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probabilities associated with the potential for contingent earn-out consideration; |
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allowance for doubtful accounts; |
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sales returns and allowances; |
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reserves for royalty advances; |
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fair value of equity awards; |
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estimated lives for tangible and intangible assets; |
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assessment of contract-based factors, asset-based factors, entity-based factors and market-based factors to determine the lease term impacting ROU assets and lease liabilities, |
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determining the IBR for calculating ROU assets and lease liabilities |
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income tax valuation allowances; and |
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. |