EXHIBIT 3.83.01


                                  AMENDMENT TO
                         THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                       SALEM RADIO REPRESENTATIVES, INC.

     The Articles of Incorporation of Salem Radio Representatives, Inc. ("the
Corporation"), are amended as follows:

     ARTICLE IV, SECTION I  entitled "Authorized Shares" shall be amended to
     read as follows "the aggregate number of shares which the corporation
     shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common
     stock of the par value of ten cents ($.10) each."

I hereby certify that: (a) I am the duly elected and acting Secretary of the
Corporation; (b) the foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of
the Corporation was duly and adopted by unanimous written consent of the sole
shareholder as of March 20, 1996, in accordance with article 9.10 of the Texas
Business Corporation Act, and any written noted required by such article has
been given; (c) the sole shareholder shall surrender its shares to the
Corporation and thereon, the Corporation shall issue a new shares as set forth
in Article IV, Section I, as amended; (d) the stated capital of the Corporation
shall be reduced to $100 from $5,000.


/s/ ERIC H. HALVORSON
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Eric H. Halvorson