It’s a history that paralleled the growth of the national Religious Right… and led to the company’s longstanding involvement in a secretive group of powerful Evangelical leaders, big donors, and mainstays of both the Republican party and the far right. In this episode we’re going to dig into Salem’s 50 year backstory, from their scrappy start to where they are today.
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I’m Katie Thornton and this is the Divided Dial - a five-part podcast series from On the Media about how one side of the political spectrum came to dominate talk radio - and how one company is using the airwaves to launch a right wing media empire. What Adam found when he was poking around was that Salem - though not the largest radio network in the country, and lacking the name recognition of Fox News or Breitbart… is nevertheless a powerhouse political influencer.
So I began poking around to see what Salem was. Bush was running for reelection.Īdam: I knew who many of the donors were the major Republican donors, but I didn't, I never heard of them. I wanted to learn more about Salem and Adam - who has written several lengthy articles about the company.is a good guy to ask.Īdam Piore: The way that I found out about Salem was… I was looking at major campaign donors to both Democrats and Republicans.At the time, for George Bush, I kept seeing Salem Communications. Although, um, my power just went out, so my wifi just went out.Īdam: So I'm using the personal hotspot on my mobile phone, but, um, I don't know… And I happened to catch him just as a storm was slamming his home state of Connecticut.Īdam: Good. I called up reporter Adam Piore last fall. But honestly, you’re going to want to go back and listen to the first one if this is the first you’re hearing about the series.
In this episode host Katie Thornton is going to unpack how the company came to be movers and shakers in the political world. A little-known but highly influential network whose hosts peddle in rightwing conspiracies and election denial. BROOKE: This is episode two of the divided dial our brand new 5-part series about the power of talk radio and of one company in particular.Salem Media.
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