Salem Media Group, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND OTHER INDEFINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Schedule of Key Estimates and Assumptions Used in Start-up Income Valuation of Broadcast Market Clusters for Each Testing Period (Detail)

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND OTHER INDEFINITE-LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Schedule of Key Estimates and Assumptions Used in Start-up Income Valuation of Broadcast Market Clusters for Each Testing Period (Detail)	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Digital Media [Member] \| Enterprise Valuation [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Risk adjusted discount rate			8.00%	13.50%	13.50%
Long-term revenue market growth rate ranges			2.50%	3.00%	3.00%
Digital Media [Member] \| Enterprise Valuation [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges			(7.40%)	21.20%	21.20%
Digital Media [Member] \| Enterprise Valuation [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges			34.90%	22.00%	22.00%
Publishing [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Risk adjusted discount rate	9.00%			9.50%
Publishing [Member] \| Enterprise Valuation [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Risk adjusted discount rate	9.00%	8.50%	8.00%	9.50%	8.50%
Long-term revenue market growth rate ranges	1.00%	1.50%	1.50%	0.50%	1.50%
Publishing [Member] \| Enterprise Valuation [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges	0.90%	1.40%	2.40%	(0.50%)	0.50%
Publishing [Member] \| Enterprise Valuation [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges	6.00%	7.50%	5.90%	6.00%	7.00%
Radio Clusters [Member] \| Goodwill-Broadcast [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Risk adjusted discount rate			8.00%	9.00%	9.00%
Radio Clusters [Member] \| Goodwill-Broadcast [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges			8.40%	11.90%	16.90%
Long-term revenue market growth rate ranges			1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Radio Clusters [Member] \| Goodwill-Broadcast [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges			46.10%	44.70%	49.20%
Long-term revenue market growth rate ranges			5.00%	2.50%	3.50%