CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Published on April 20, 1999
EXHIBIT 23.01
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts" and
"Selected Financial Data" and to the use of our report dated March 24, 1999,
except for Note 10, as to which the date is March 31, 1999, in the Registration
Statement (Form S-1) dated April 20, 1999, and related Prospectus of Salem
Communications Corporation for the registration of shares of its common stock.
Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Salem
Communications Corporation listed in Item 16(b). This schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Woodland Hills, California
April 16, 1999