Misplaced Pages

#336663

21-511: Salem Media Group, Inc. (formerly Salem Communications Corporation ) is an American radio broadcaster , internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas , targeting audiences interested in Christian values and what it describes as "family-themed content and conservative values". Salem Media Group owns 117 radio stations in 38 markets, including 60 stations in

42-546: A Spanish Bible mobile app, along with its related website and Facebook properties; the DailyBible mobile app; the Daily Bible Devotion mobile app; and also, Bryan Perry's Newsletters. In 2016, Salem Media Group continued to expand by acquiring the websites ChristianConcertAlerts.com, Historyonthenet.com and Authentichistory.com; as well as Mike Turner's line of investment products, including TurnerTrends.com;

63-507: A full-page column in Radio & Records , also called The CCM Update. It also stopped publishing charts, leaving Radio & Records as the major chart publisher in the Christian music industry; according to James Cumbee, the president of Salem Communications , they felt that continuing to publish charts was a conflict of interest, as Salem owned many of the radio stations that reported to

84-454: A year. The online concept has been further developed and the online magazine is issued twice each month usually on the 1st and 15th of each month. In 1983, CCM Magazine spun off its contemporary Christian music industry analysis and charts into a new publication, The CCM Update (originally known as MusicLine and later MusicLine Update ). While the new magazine focused on the contemporary Christian music industry-related content that

105-572: Is a satellite radio network serving general market News/Talk stations and Christian-formatted stations through affiliate partnerships serving more than 2,700 radio stations. The five major divisions are SRN Talk, SRN News, Salem Music Network, Salem Media Reps and Vista Media Reps and SRN Satellite Services. The satellite feed for Salem's general market programming can be heard on the CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks , on CRN3. Salem's flagship publication, CCM Magazine ,

126-749: Is a self-publishing digital publisher of books targeting a Christian audience. They use print on demand technologies that store books electronically and print them only as they are ordered. Xulon was founded by Christian author and publisher Tom Freiling and was acquired by Salem in 2006. Salem owns a collection of Spanish language sites that provide a variety of Christian and family-friendly resources online. A few of those sites are CristoTarjetas.com; ElsitioCristiano.com; BibliaVida.com and LuzMundial.com. The founders of Salem Communications support various religious causes, and are noted for their role in spreading politically conservative opinion to areas dependent on radio for current events information. In 2005, Epperson

147-522: The "CCM" but broadening the scope) but then ultimately went back to Contemporary Christian Music ( CCM ). Then in May 2007, the name's meaning was changed to "Christ. Community. Music." The editor explained that the term "contemporary Christian music" was dated and marginalizing and that Christ, community, and music are three entirely different things — thus, the periods after each word of the acronym to show that they are not related. The editor's explanation of

168-636: The 1980s, CCM also focused on some of the more obscure spiritual artists coming out of the Southern California punk rock and new wave music scene like the 77s , Daniel Amos , Undercover , Altar Boys , Crumbächer , the Choir , Adam Again , and others. However, as the 1990s rolled around, the magazine focused more and more on artists that were heavily played on Christian radio. On July 8, 2009, Salem announced that CCM Magazine will be re-launched as an online publication, released four times

189-484: The April 2008 issue would be the final printed issue of the magazine, which would continue in an online-only format. When the magazine was first published, it was called Contemporary Christian Music and covered that music genre. The name was later shortened to CCM , which was still an acronym for "Contemporary Christian Music". For a short time, the magazine changed its name to Contemporary Christian Magazine (keeping

210-561: The Council. They gave $ 100,000 to the Bush presidential reelection campaign and $ 780,000 to the 2000 "California Defense of Marriage Act" (Proposition 22) ballot measure. In October 2022, Salem, along with Dinesh D'Souza and True The Vote , was sued by Mark Andrews for defamation in Dinesh D'Souza's film, 2000 Mules , for which Salem was the distributor as well as the publisher of a book of

231-610: The Retirement Watch newsletter and website, Retirementwatch.com; and the King James Bible mobile application. Salem Media Group also acquired Mill City Press from Hillcrest Publishing Group, Inc. In July 2017, Salem Media Group merged DividendYieldHunter.com and transferred all content into DividendInvestor.com. In March 2019, political writer Raheem Kassam and lawyer Will Chamberlain purchased Human Events from Salem Media Group for $ 300,000. In early 2021,

SECTION 10

#1732781129337

252-545: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 210276219 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:05:29 GMT CCM Magazine CCM was first published in July 1978, as a printed magazine. It has been owned by Salem since 1999. On January 16, 2008, Salem announced that

273-804: The board) combined their radio assets to create Salem Communications. Beginning with stations in North Carolina and California, Atsinger and Epperson purchased station properties in Boston, San Antonio, New York City, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles and other markets, converting them to Christian talk stations. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they expanded formats to include contemporary Christian music (with most stations under this format branded as "The Fish"), news talk (branded as "The Answer"), Spanish-language Christian content, and business programming. Many of Salem's stations are licensed to subsidiaries, organized by geographical area and media cluster as

294-692: The company has acquired new stations and their previous licensees. Salem Communications Corp acquired Twitter curation site, Twitchy.com. In January 2014, the Company announced the acquisition of the assets of Eagle Publishing, including Regnery Publishing , Human Events , and RedState , and sister companies Eagle Financial Publications and Eagle Wellness. On February 23, 2015, Salem Communications changed its name to Salem Media Group. In 2015, Salem Media Group expanded their digital platform with acquisitions of several businesses and assets, including DividendYieldHunter.com, Stockinvestor.com; DividendInvestor.com,

315-818: The company moved most operations from the former main operations city of Camarillo, California to Irving, Texas , the same location of their long-owned radio station KLTY . On November 8, 2023, Salem exited the Upstate market after it sold WGTK in Greenville, North Carolina and the Earth FM stations to Educational Media Foundation , resulting in WGTK switching to the K-Love network and WRTH and WLTE switching to Air1 several days before. Stations are arranged in order by state and city of license. Salem Radio Network

336-589: The name change can be found in the May 2007 issue of the magazine. In October 2006, CCM launched its own social networking site, MyCCM. Since its start, CCM has covered mainstream musical artists that mix spiritual themes with their music, including Bob Dylan , Johnny Cash , T Bone Burnett , Victoria Williams , The Call , Sam Phillips , U2 and Bruce Cockburn , as well as more mainstream Christian radio artists such as Amy Grant , Larry Norman , Michael W. Smith , Steven Curtis Chapman , Benny Hester , Steve Taylor , Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill . In

357-409: The same name. In the film, D'Souza, without any evidence, falsely accused Andrews of ballot stuffing. In May 2024, Salem pulled the film and book from distribution and apologized to Andrews, claiming they had relied on representations made by D'Souza and True The Vote, and had never intended to harm Andrews. The suit is ongoing. Radio broadcaster Too Many Requests If you report this error to

378-414: The top 25 markets and 29 in the top 10, making it tied with Audacy for the fifth-largest radio broadcaster. In addition to its radio properties, the company owns: The company was founded by brothers-in-law Stuart Epperson and Edward G. Atsinger III and is a for-profit corporation . This allows it to accept commercial advertising. In 1974, Atsinger (chief executive officer) and Epperson (chairman of

399-515: Was in the Christian music industry for more than 25 years. Salem no longer prints CCM Magazine, but it still exists in an online-only format. Other magazine publications include Singing News Magazine , which discusses happenings involving the Southern gospel community. Under the umbrella of Salem Author Service are Xulon Press, Mill City Press, and the websites Bookprinting.com, Bookediting.com, Publishgreen.com, and Libertyhill.com. Xulon Press

420-614: Was previously included in CCM Magazine , CCM Magazine retained the consumer-related content. The CCM Update published charts until its closure. At the time of its closure, the magazine published Christian album charts as well as four radio charts: adult contemporary , Christian hit radio /Pop, Inspirational/Praise, and Rock. It had previously published a Christian country radio chart as well as southern gospel, black gospel, and metal charts. The CCM Update folded on April 15, 2002, with its feature content being incorporated into

441-593: Was reported in Time magazine as one of the "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America". In 2004 he co-chaired "Americans of Faith", a religiously based Republican electoral campaign. Both founders have served on the Council for National Policy , a group of conservative influencers, intellectuals, donors, and former elected officials known to feature right-wing extremists as members, and Epperson has served as president of

SECTION 20

#1732781129337
#336663