Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 22, 2002

Joe Davis – Salem Communications Corporation (salm)

JOE D. DAVIS is Executive Vice President-Radio, Salem Communications Corporation. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Operations, Salem Communications Corporation; Vice President and General Manager, WMCA and WWDJ, New York, NY; Executive Vice President, JAF Ministries (Joni and Friends) and Christian Fund for the Disabled, Agoura Hills, California; President, Practice Resources, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona; President/CEO, Davis Eaton Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona; Chairman of subsidiary companies Eyesthetics, Inc. and Vintage Advertising; Executive Director, Camelback Residence School, Phoenix, Arizona; and Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. He received a BA degree from Wheaton College, an MSEd, University of Southern California a Graduate Diploma from the US Chamber of Commerce Executive Institute at the University of California, and postgraduate work at Arizona State University. His Civic Activities include: Chairman, Small Business Council of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce; Phoenix Symphony Council; American Society of Association Executives (President of Arizona Chapter); Arizona Health Systems Agency; Chairman, Mayors' Council on the Status of Women; Arizona Jaycees 'Three Outstanding Young Men'; Broadcast Pioneers of America; National Religious Broadcasters, Radio Committee; New York City Gatekeepers; NY Urban Leadership Coalition; Salvation Army Manhattan Advisory Board (Chairman, Media Committee); Board of Advisors, Latino Pastoral Action Council. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and

an overview of the company as it is now?

Mr. Davis: Salem Communications began with one FM radio station in

Oxnard,