Salem Media Group is a for-profit Christian and conservative media company operating radio, digital media, publishing, podcast, video, newsletter, marketing, and event infrastructure. The current source base supports national and Colorado reach, major founding-family / insider ownership, a 2025 Trump / MxM stakeholder relationship, and specific election-narrative distribution / retraction episodes. It does not support a claim that Donald Trump Jr. controls Salem Media, that Salem self-identifies with Seven Mountains / NAR, or that Salem is directly connected to Ziklag.
SALM; SEC CIK 0001050606.2,900 affiliate stations nationwide airing Salem programming and 91 owned and/or operated radio stations on the captured investor page.The 2025 OTC annual report records a dual common-stock structure in which Class A carries one vote per share and Class B carries ten votes per share. The named control-person table identifies Edward G. Atsinger III and Nancy A. Epperson as the largest named holders, each with Class B holdings, and lists other directors / executives with Class A holdings.
The April 2025 Trump / MxM source cluster supports a narrower claim: Salem's press release says Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump became Salem stakeholders, while the annual report says Salem acquired a 30% MxM News stake for 1,071,428 Class A shares valued at $0.6 million. The current captures do not quantify Donald Trump Jr.'s individual percentage or establish beneficial control.
May 2026 Colorado Times Recorder reporting adds a new, not-yet-closed ownership lead: WaterStone / Christian Community Foundation reportedly agreed to acquire Salem Media, with completion expected after FCC approval to transfer Salem's licenses. Treat this as a reported relationship and pending-control lead until acquisition documents, FCC transfer records, or post-closing corporate / license records are retained.
Supported revenue categories include block programming, radio advertising, network advertising and syndication, digital advertising, digital streaming, digital downloads, digital subscriptions, publishing, Salem Surround marketing services, podcasts and video-on-demand advertising, product sales / royalties, documentary and film-related content, events, sponsorships, listener purchase programs, and talent fees.
The 2025 annual report records a 2024-2025 restructuring sequence including CCM-station sale proceeds / promissory-note financing, 2028 Notes repurchase, Siena Lending Group credit-facility material, and related-party lease / airtime transactions.
The captured Salem station list identifies Colorado Springs and Denver stations. Colorado Springs entries include 100.7 FM KGFT The Word, 102.7 FM KBIQ, and 101.1 FM/1460 AM KZNT The Answer. Denver entries include 710 AM KNUS News Talk, 94.7 FM KRKS The Word, 990 AM KRKS The Word, and KBJD 1650 AM. These are official web-list / station-page claims and still need FCC and public-file reconciliation for station-level ownership, license, translator, and political-file details.
Salem's own 2022 release promoted 2000 Mules as an executive-produced political documentary built around alleged illegal ballot harvesting. Salem's 2024 statement apologized for the Mark Andrews depiction, said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation cleared Andrews of illegal voting activity connected to the depicted event, and said Salem removed the film and would not distribute the film or book in the future.
Existing Colorado Times Recorder captures add a reported Colorado / KNUS layer involving statements about Eric Coomer and on-air hosts associated with Salem. That layer is useful for discovery and Colorado reach, but should be supplemented with court records, archived station audio, and public statements before broader synthesis.
Existing Seven Mountains synthesis treats Salem as programmatic / adjacent Media-mountain infrastructure because it operates large Christian and conservative media channels. The current pass did not find direct Salem self-identification with Seven Mountains, 7M, or New Apostolic Reformation. The current pass also did not find direct public-source evidence connecting Salem Media to Ziklag.