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) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Jan. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 28, 2014	Sep. 29, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 28, 2013	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 05, 2015	Mar. 27, 2015	Feb. 06, 2015	Feb. 20, 2015	May 07, 2015	Apr. 01, 2015	Mar. 14, 2013	Dec. 10, 2013	Jan. 10, 2014
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	158,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	172,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Class A and Class B common stock, dividend paid	1,647,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	1,444,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
Purchase price	1,580,000
Goodwill	24,690,000us-gaap_Goodwill			24,684,000us-gaap_Goodwill							24,690,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Acquisition-related expenses	100,000	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	27,000
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	274,000,000										274,000,000							300,000,000
Revolver [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	500,000										500,000							25,000,000
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											Mar. 05, 2015
Class A and Class B common stock, dividend declared per share												$ 0.0650
Class A and Class B common stock, dividend paid												1,600,000
Class A and Class B common stock, payment date											Mar. 31, 2015
Class A and Class B common stock, record date											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	500,000										500,000								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	1,800,000										1,800,000									2,000,000
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														158,000
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														158,000
Radio station, WDDZ-AM in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date															Feb. 20, 2015
Purchase price															1,000,000
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	122,000
Radio station WDWD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date															Feb. 20, 2015
Purchase price															2,800,000
Business acquisition purchase price															2,800,000
Radio station WDWD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Summary of Investments, Other than Investments in Related Parties, Reportable Data [Line Items]
Acquisition date																May 07, 2015
Business acquisition purchase price																2,800,000
Radio station KKSP-FM in Little Rock, Arkansas [Member] \| Subsequent Event [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