Relevant Radio® has entered into an agreement with Salem Media Group (NASDAQ: SALM) to purchase nine AM stations and four FM translators in eight markets. Salem Media Group has agreed to sell stations to Relevant Radio in Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, St. Louis, Denver, and Youngstown for $8,732,125. This transaction, combined with purchases earlier this year of Salem stations in Washington, D.C., Miami, and Tampa, will allow Relevant Radio to expand its reach by an additional 60,000,000 persons.
In total, Relevant Radio is purchasing 14 AM stations and 7 FM translators from Salem for $17,700,000. The addition of these new stations will give Relevant Radio overall coverage of 220,000,000 people in the United States over a network of 163 owned and operated and affiliate stations.
With the purchase of these stations, Relevant Radio will broadcast in all top ten markets, and 22 of the top 25 markets, including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Tom Vorpahl, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said, “It is very humbling and rewarding to experience how powerful the message of the Gospel is and can be to our listeners. We look forward to continuing our Mission of sharing the Truth and Beauty of the Church in these new markets.”
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Dear Relevant Radio: It is great that you kept and expanded the Patrick Madrid Show. However, please bring back Mother Miriam Live, The Jesse and Terry Show, and the Joe Sikora Show. Thank you
Are they on satalite radio such as Sirius?
I am aware that California Catholic is aimed at a fairly narrow audience, and therefore assumes a basic knowledge of Catholicism in contemporary America. But Relevant Radio? Instead of assuming that your readership knows what it is, maybe a few sentences about it would help those of us who are ignorant.
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Would be more Relevant if they were to can Msgr. Stuart Swetland, defender of Vatican Chicom policy, Islam is Peace nonsense, Laudato Si’ climate silliness, and anti-Death Penalty fanaticism. What are they thinking?