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Salem Radio Network is a United States-based radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian political talk, music, and conservative secular news/talk programming. It is a division of the Salem Media Group.

Salem operates mostly four radio formats: Christian talk and teaching (transmitted on AM in some areas and on FM in others), Contemporary Christian music (transmitted mostly on FM stations), conservative News/Talk format (transmitted on AM stations), and Christian Teaching (transmitted on AM stations).

Contemporary Christian Music is transmitted full-time on most stations, but in areas where Salem has a limited number of stations it is transmitted only part-time in morning and afternoon drive times on weekdays and weekend afternoons. Where Salem only has one FM station (WAVA-FM in Washington, D.C. and WORD-FM in Pittsburgh), CCM is transmitted on weekends, with talk and teaching on weekdays. Most CCM stations play music full-time and do not sell blocks of time to religious organizations except sometimes on Sunday mornings.

Christian Talk, comprising talk shows where listeners call in and participate in the show, is transmitted during weekdays in some areas, and only in drive times in others. The rest of the day is filled with blocks of time ranging from a few minutes to an hour sold to churches and Christian organizations.

Conservative Talk (branded in most markets as “The Answer” since 2014) transmits full-time on a commercial basis. These stations only sell advertisement time, not blocks of time like Christian Talk counterparts (though brokered programming may be offered on weekends as secular stations often do). Some of these stations have religious programs on Sunday mornings.

The teaching format relies on selling blocks of time to organizations full-time. These stations offer diverse religious features such as church services, political and religious interview features, Christian family life programs, and children's shows. Music (exclusively Christian) is only transmitted by a few of these stations at times during the weekend.

The company's Salem Radio Network subsidiary produces several talk radio shows and a 24-hour news service that are distributed to more than 2,000 radio affiliates around the country.

Programming
Daily
Mike Gallagher
Dennis Prager
Sebastian Gorka
Larry Elder
Eric Metaxas
Cal Thomas (short-form commentary)
Lou Dobbs (short-form commentary)
David Leach (short-form commentary)
Jerry Stewart's One Moment in America (short-form commentary)
Hugh Hewitt

Weekends
Mark Davis
Townhall.com Weekend Journal
Bill Gaither's Homecoming
The Dirt Doctor with Howard Garrett
Big Billy Kinder Outdoors
Armed American Radio
The Forever Young Radio Show
The World and Everything in It
Steve Brown Etc.
The Christian Outlook
Hilary Kramer's Millionaire Maker (limited syndication)
Aaron Klein's Investigative Radio (limited syndication)
The Cat's Roundtable with John Catsimatidis (limited syndication)
EggMan Ronnie James (multiple shows) (limited syndication)

William Bennett is a designated fill-in host. Bennett previously hosted Salem's morning drive-time show for a decade before retiring in March 2016.

The satellite feed for Salem's general market programming can be heard on the CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks, on CRN3.

SRN also operates a satellite format program. The division known as "Salem Music Network" operates three satellite-driven networks. These feeds are mostly for stations in small and mid-size markets or HD Radio sub-channel use. Affiliates can operate these stations with a computer and satellite hookup. Unlike other major radio networks, SRN's "affiliate hour clock" does not include a newscasting option. However, holes for local spots are provided. SRN's 24-hour-music formats include:
Singing News Radio Southern Gospel Music
The Word In Praise Traditional Worship Music
The Fish (Today's Christian Music) Contemporary Christian
The Answer (General Market Talk) Conservative Talk

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Family Talk is a Christian focused talk radio channel on the Sirius XM Radio service Sirius channel 161 and XM channel 131 (previously 170). It replaced FamilyNet Radio's Sirius XM feed on November 30, 2010. It was added to XM Radio Canada on April 1, 2007. The station remained on Sirius 161 until May 4, 2011 when Sirius XM moved the station on both XM and Sirius to Channel 131. The channel is produced by Salem Radio Network, a division of the Salem Media Group.