Salem acquires stations.
Camarillo-based Salem Communications Salem Communications (NASDAQ: SALM) is a media company specializing in religious and conservative talk radio which operates in the United States, with 99 U.S. commercial radio stations (pending acquisitions) that are primarily concentrated in the nation's biggest markets, Corp., has completed the
acquisition of WTLN (950 AM) and WHIM (1520), serving the greater
Orlando Greater Orlando, alternatively known as the Orlando Area or Metro Orlando, is third most populated metropolitan region in the state of Florida, and the 27th-largest metro area in the United States. , Fla. market from Alton Alton (ôl`tən), city (1990 pop. 32,905), Madison co., SW Ill., on bluffs of the Mississippi River 5 mi (8.1 km) above its confluence with the Missouri; inc. 1837. Alton is a shipping and industrial center, and there are oil refineries nearby. Rainbow Corp. and TM2 Inc. Salem
announced that it would acquire the stations in October 2005. Both
stations remain in the Christian Teaching and Talk format. Salem
previously announced the pending purchase of Orlando station WORL (660
AM), which will be programmed in the news talk format.
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