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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Key Estimates and Assumptions used in Start-Up Income Valuation of Broadcast Units For Each Testing Period (Detail)

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Key Estimates and Assumptions used in Start-Up Income Valuation of Broadcast Units For Each Testing Period (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Broadcast licenses
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount rate	9.00%	9.00%	9.00%
Broadcast licenses \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges	4.10%	5.10%	3.80%
Long-term market revenue growth rate ranges	1.00%	0.30%	1.00%
Broadcast licenses \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges	37.50%	35.50%	36.30%
Long-term market revenue growth rate ranges	2.50%	15.00%	4.00%
Goodwill-Broadcast
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount rate	9.00%	9.00%	9.00%
Goodwill-Broadcast \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges	4.10%	5.10%	3.80%
Long-term market revenue growth rate ranges	1.00%	0.30%	1.00%
Goodwill-Broadcast \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Operating profit margin ranges	37.50%	35.50%	38.00%
Long-term market revenue growth rate ranges	2.50%	15.00%	4.00%

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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