Linnae Young is EVP of Salem Media Group. She has been with Salem for 30 years having served in various roles including Regional Sales Manager, GM of Salem National, Regional Vice President, Senior Vice President, and beginning in January of 2023 in her current role. She is also an RAB Board of Director, a featured guest speaker at Rising Through the Ranks, and the board liaison on RAB’s Sales Advisory Committee. She has been named one of the Most Influential Women in Radio by Radio Ink.
Linnae began her broadcast career at NBC Television in Chicago over forty years ago. She moved from the TV side of NBC to the national radio side of the company and never looked back. From NBC she moved to what was then Ogilvy & Mather, Chicago. She was part of a small team that developed the national radio buying arm of the company in Chicago.
Today what continues to excite Linnae about our industry is the transformation to multimedia platforms which super serve our client base. She is also passionate about identifying and mentoring the leaders of our industry for tomorrow.