Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Schedule of Long-term Debt) (Parenthetical) (Details)

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NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Schedule of Long-term Debt) (Parenthetical) (Details) (Terminated 95/8% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes [Member])
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Terminated 95/8% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes [Member]
    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt, interest rate 9.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= salm_SeniorSecuredSecondLienNotesMember 		9.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= salm_SeniorSecuredSecondLienNotesMember
Debt, maturity year 2016 2016