Chief Executive, Salem Media Group
Santrella has worked to course-correct at Camarillo-based Christian and conservative programming conglomerate Salem Media Group. The company – which boasts a wide variety of Christian radio and television programming, right-wing blogs and commentary sites and personalities such as La Cañada Flintridge’s Dennis Prager – encountered cash flow issues starting in 2022 with a marked decline in political advertising. Salem Media in December offloaded seven more of its radio stations, repurchased $159 million in outstanding senior secured notes and issued $40 million in convertible preferred stock – a move Santrella proclaimed as erasing its remaining outstanding debt.