CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG
Published on January 29, 1998
EXHIBIT 23.01
Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
reference to our firm under the caption "Selected Consolidated Financial
Information of the Company" and to the use of our report dated May 9, 1997
(except Note 1, as to which the date is August 13, 1997) in the Amendment No. 1
to the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Salem
Communications Corporation for the registration of $150,000,000 9 1/2% Series B
Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007.
Our audit also included the financial statement schedule of Salem Communications
Corporation listed in Item 21(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
January 28, 1998