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UNITED STATES

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT

 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 8, 2012


SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


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Delaware

 

000-26497

 

77-0121400

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4880 Santa Rosa Road, Camarillo, California

 

93012

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)


Registrants telephone number, including area code: (805) 987-0400


Not Applicable

 (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


[   ]Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


ITEM 8.01

Other Events


ITEM 9.01(d)

Financial Statements and Exhibits


SIGNATURE


EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT 99.1




 ITEM 8.01

Other Events.


Salem Communications Corporation (the Corporation) announced that its Board of Directors declared a recurring, quarterly, cash dividend of $0.035 per share on its Class A and Class B common stock to be paid in March, June, September and December of each year.  The initial quarterly cash dividend will be paid on March 30, 2012 to all common stockholders of record as of March 23, 2012.  As of March 1, 2012, there were 18,735,555 shares of the Corporations Class A common stock outstanding and 5,553,696 shares of the Corporations Class B common stock outstanding.  Based on the number of shares currently outstanding, the Corporation expects to pay a total annual dividend of $3.4 million.   



 ITEM 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)  Exhibits.  The following exhibit is furnished with this report on Form 8-K:


 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release, dated March 8, 2012, of Salem Communications Corporation announcing a quarterly dividend payment

 



   SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SALEM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION




 




 

 Date: March 8, 2012

 

By:/s/EVAN D. MASYR

 

 

 

Evan D. Masyr

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 





EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release, dated March 8, 2012, of Salem Communications Corporation announcing a quarterly dividend payment