Salem Media of New York Welcomes Syracuse Sports

NEW YORK, NY, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
AM 970 The Apple is proud to announce it will be the home of Syracuse
Football and Basketball for the next 2 years! Syracuse Fans finally have
a radio home that will carry all of the football games and The Big East
Basketball Schedule.

"Syracuse and AM 970 The Apple are a perfect fit featuring the powerhouse
basketball & football program of the Syracuse Orange and AM 970's FCC
Maximum 50,000 watts of power," says Sean O'Neill, General Manager of
Salem Media of New York.

"College Sports is the perfect complement to our programming," add Peter
Thiele, Program Director. "Syracuse is THE University in New York for
Sports."

"This partnership gives our alums and fans in the New York metropolitan
area an opportunity to follow Syracuse, New York's lone BCS team," said
Syracuse director of athletics Dr. Daryl Gross. "We are excited to have a
radio partner that has popular programming and understands the
significance of Syracuse University athletics. We look forward to an
exciting season of football and basketball as the Orange is in the Apple."

AM 970 The Apple features great talk show hosts like Mike Gallagher,
Dennis Miller, Bill Bennett, Michael Medved, Dennis Prager and Hugh
Hewitt. AM 970 The Apple is The Talk of New York.

Salem Communications (NASDAQ: SALM) is a leading U.S. radio broadcaster,
Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher targeting
audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and
conservative values. In addition to its radio properties, Salem owns Salem
Radio Network(R), which syndicates talk, news and music programming to
approximately 2,000 affiliates; Salem Radio Representatives(TM), a
national radio advertising sales force; Salem Web Network(TM), an
Internet provider of Christian content and online streaming; and Salem
Publishing(TM), a publisher of Christian-themed magazines. Upon the close
of all announced transactions, the company will own 94 radio stations,
including 58 stations in 22 of the top 25 markets. Additional information
about Salem may be accessed at the company's website, www.salem.cc.

Contact:
Peter Thiele
(201) 298-9700 Ext. 237
petert@nycradio.com

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