FRANK WRIGHT
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Evan D, Masyr and Christopher J. Henderson, each acting individually, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:
      (1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Salem
Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time (the "Exchange Act");
      (2)	seek or obtain, directly or through a designated person(s) as the
undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person
to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and
      (3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-
fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with
the foregoing.
      The undersigned acknowledges that:
      (1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information;
      (2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
      (3)	neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact or representative
assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
      (4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.
      The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby
ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 22nd day of June, 2012.

					/s/Francis W. Wright
					Signature

					Francis W. Wright
					Print Name


NOTARY PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT

State of California		)
County of Ventura		)

On June 22, 2012, before me, Bethzaida C. Tuason, Notary Public, personally appeared
Francis W. Wright who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the
instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the
instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that
the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.


/s/Bethzaida C. Tuason__
Notary Public Signature
Frank Wright
Limited Power of Attorney
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