People: Salem Communications Corp (SALM.OQ)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Stuart Epperson

76 1986 Chairman of the Board

Edward Atsinger

73 2007 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Evan Masyr

41 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Greg Anderson

66 2006 President - Salem Radio Network

David Evans

50 2007 President - New Business Development, Interactive and Publishing

David Santrella

51 2010 President - Radio Division

Christopher Henderson

49 2012 Senior Vice President - Legal and Human Resources, General Counsel, Secretary

David Davenport

62 2001 Independent Director

Roland Hinz

73 1997 Independent Director

Richard Riddle

68 1997 Independent Director

Jonathan Venverloh

41 2011 Independent Director

Frank Wright

60 2012 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Stuart Epperson

Mr. Stuart W. Epperson is Chairman of the Board of Salem Communications Corp. He is also a director of Salem Communications Holding Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Epperson has been engaged in the ownership and operation of radio stations since 1961. Mr. Epperson has been a member of the board of directors of the National Religious Broadcasters for a number of years.

Edward Atsinger

Mr. Edward G. Atsinger, III, is Chief Executive Officer and Director of Salem Communications Corp. He was President of Salem from its inception through June 2007. He has been engaged in the ownership and operation of radio stations since 1969. Mr. Atsinger has been a member of the board of directors of the National Religious Broadcasters for a number of years. He has also been a member of the National Association of Broadcasters Radio board since 2008. Mr. Atsinger has been a member of the board of directors of Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California since 1999.

Evan Masyr

Mr. Evan D. Masyr is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Salem Communications Corp., since July 2007. Mr. Masyr was Vice President—Accounting and Finance of the Company from September 2005 to June 2007. From March 2004 to September 2005, Mr. Masyr was Vice President of Accounting and Corporate Controller of the Company. Prior to that time, Mr. Masyr was Vice President and Corporate Controller of the Company from January 2003 to March 2004. From February 2000 to December 2002, he served as the Company’s Controller. From 1993 to February 2000, Mr. Masyr worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (formerly, Coopers & Lybrand LLP). Mr. Masyr has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1995.

Greg Anderson

Mr. Greg R. Anderson is President - Salem Radio Network of Salem Communications Corp. Mr. Anderson has been President - Salem Radio Network of the Company since 1996. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Anderson was the Vice President – General Manager of this network. Mr. Anderson was employed by Multimedia, Inc. from 1980-1993. After serving as general manager at Multimedia stations in Greenville, South Carolina, Shreveport, Louisiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was named Vice President, Operations of the Multimedia radio division in 1987. He was subsequently appointed as Executive Vice President and group head of Multimedia’s radio division.

David Evans

Mr. David A. R. Evans has been President - New Business Development, Interactive and Publishing of Salem Communications Corp., since July 2007. Mr. Evans was Executive Vice President—Business Development and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from September 2005 to June 2007. Mr. Evans was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from September 2003 to September 2005. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Evans served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Evans served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director—Europe, Middle East, and Africa of Warner Bros. Consumer Products in London, England. He also served at Warner Bros. Consumer Products in Los Angeles, California, as Senior Vice President-Latin America, International Marketing, Business Development from 1996 to 1997 and Vice President—Worldwide Finance, Operations, and Business Development from 1992 to 1996. From 1990 to 1992, he served as Regional Financial Controller-Europe for Warner Bros. based in London, England. Prior to 1990, Mr. Evans was an audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP in Los Angeles, California and worked as a U.K. Chartered Accountant for Ernst & Young in London, England.

David Santrella

Mr. David P. Santrella is President - Radio Division of Salem Communications Corp., since January 1, 2010. From October 2008 to December 31, 2009, he served as Operational Vice President over the Company’s Minneapolis, Denver and Colorado Springs clusters in addition to his existing responsibility over the Chicago cluster. From March 2006 to October 2008, Mr. Santrella was the Operational Vice President of Chicago and Milwaukee. In November of 2003, he was given additional oversight responsibility of Milwaukee. Mr. Santrella started with the Company in 2001 as the General Manager of the Company’s Chicago cluster.

Christopher Henderson

Mr. Christopher J. Henderson is Senior Vice President - Legal and Human Resources, General Counsel, Secretary of Salem Communications Corporation, since since 2012. Prior to 2012, Mr. Henderson was Vice President, Legal and Human Resources, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company since March 2008. Mr. Henderson was Vice President, Human Resources of the Company from August 2006 to February 2008. From 2001 to August 2006, Mr. Henderson served as Corporate Counsel for the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Henderson worked for thirteen (13) years as an Attorney for Cooksey, Toolen, Gage, Duffy & Woog, first as a trial attorney and then as a transactional attorney.

David Davenport

Mr. David Davenport is Independent Director of Salem Communications Corp., since November 2001. Mr. Davenport is Counselor to the Director of the Hoover Institution (since 2008) and a Research Fellow (since 2001). He was a Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine University from 2003 to 2008. Mr. Davenport was the Chief Executive Officer of Starwire Corporation, a software service company formerly known as Christianity.com, from June 2000 to May 2001. Mr. Davenport served as President of Pepperdine University from 1985 to 2000 and from 1980 through 1985 he served as a Professor of Law, General Counsel, and Executive Vice President of the University. Mr. Davenport currently serves on the board of Forest Lawn Memorial Parks Association. Mr. Davenport also served on the board of directors of Ameron International Corporation from December 2002 through March 2011.

Roland Hinz

Mr. Roland S. Hinz is Independent Director of the Salem Communications Corp., since September 1997. Mr. Hinz has been the owner, President and Editor-in-Chief of Hi-Torque Publishing Company, a publisher of magazines covering the motorcycling and biking industries, since 1982. Mr. Hinz is also the managing member of Hi-Favor Broadcasting, LLC, the licensee of radio stations KLTX-AM, Long Beach, California, and KEZY-AM, San Bernardino, California (which were acquired from the Company in August 2000 and December 2001, respectively), and radio station KSDO-AM, San Diego, California. Mr. Hinz also serves on the board of directors of the Association for Community Education, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation operating Spanish Christian radio stations in California. Mr. Hinz also served on the board of directors of Truth for Life, a non-profit organization that is a customer of the Company, from 2000 through September 2010.

Richard Riddle

Mr. Richard A. Riddle is Independent Director of Salem Communications Corp., since September 1997. Mr. Riddle is an independent businessman specializing in providing financial assistance and consulting to individuals and manufacturing companies. He was President and majority stockholder of I.L. Walker Company from 1988 to 1997 when that company was sold. He also was Chief Operating Officer and a stockholder of Richter Manufacturing Corp. from 1970 to 1987. In October 2010, Mr. Riddle joined the board of directors of Truth for Life, a non-profit organization that is a customer of the Company. Additionally, in 2010, Mr. Riddle joined the board of directors of Know the Truth, a non-profit organization that is also a customer of the Company.

Jonathan Venverloh

Mr. Jonathan Venverloh has been appointed as an Independent Director of Salem Communications Corporation, effective September 01, 2011. Mr. Venverloh has worked in digital media and advertising since 1994, including more than ten (10) years at Google and stints at a news website and global advertising agencies. Mr. Venverloh currently serves as Head of Business Development for Google Shopping, and from 2000-2010 and he served as Google’s Head of Distribution Partnerships and launched Google’s Enterprise Division. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Venverloh led Weather.com’s sales efforts for the West Coast. From 1994 to 1996 he worked at global ad agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB Needham. Mr. Venverloh has also served as an advisor to digital media startups and served on the boards of directors of several non-profits. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising from Southern Methodist University and a Master’s Degree in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Frank Wright

Mr. Frank Wright is Independent Director of Salem Communications Corporation, since 2012. Mr. Wright serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), a position he has held for ten (10) years. Prior to joining NRB in 2003, he served for seven (7) years as Executive Director of the Center for Christian Statesmanship based on Capitol Hill. Mr. Wright has wide-ranging experience in the electronic media marketplace, including active engagement in the regulatory and public policy processes centered in Washington, DC. He is an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Stuart Epperson

499,504

Edward Atsinger

1,297,120

Evan Masyr

494,284

Greg Anderson

219,015

David Evans

739,296

David Santrella

646,912

Christopher Henderson

--

David Davenport

--

Roland Hinz

--

Richard Riddle

--

Jonathan Venverloh

--

Frank Wright

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As Of 30 Dec 2012

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