Stuart Epperson Biography
Stuart Epperson is the Chairman of the Board of Salem Media Group, a significant U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine publisher focused on Christian and family-themed programming, as well as traditional values programming.
Stuart Epperson Age
Stuart is 87 years old as of 2021. He was born in 1935 in the United States of America. Stuart was born and grew up on a small tobacco farm in Patrick County, Virginia.
Stuart Epperson Education
Epperson earned a bachelor’s degree in radio/television broadcasting and a master’s degree in communications from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina.
Stuart Epperson Wife – Married
He has been married to Nancy Atsinger Epperson for more than 56 years. Nancy has been a Professor of Speech at Piedmont International University for over 50 years. They have 4 children, daughters Kristy, Karen, and Kathy, and son Stuart Jr and 21 grandchildren.
Stuart Epperson Son
His son, Stuart Epperson, Jr. now owns and operates stations in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh, Richmond, Salt Lake City, and Iowa.
Stuart Epperson Salem Media Group – Career
Epperson is the Chairman of the Board of Salem Media Group, a leading U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine publisher with over 100 radio stations, including 67 in each of the top 25 markets, targeting audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and traditional values programming. SRN News, which has approximately 2,400 affiliates, is likewise run by Salem. Salem went public in 1999 and is now trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Stuart has been Chairman since co-founding the company with his brother-in-law, Edward Atsinger, in the 1980s. Epperson graduated from Bob Jones University with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in radio and television broadcasting. Since the early 1940s, he has worked in the broadcasting industry in a variety of capacities, including as a disc jockey. He built his first radio station in 1961 in Roanoke, VA, and soon after, he built WKBX, Winston-Salem, and WRBX, Chapel Hill.
In 2015, he was honored by the North Carolina Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Stu was designated one of Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America in 2005. Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL recognized Stu with the American Free Enterprise Medalist in 2004. He was the Republican candidate for Congress in North Carolina’s 5th District in 1984 and 1986. In Winston-Salem, NC; Jacksonville, FL; and other areas, he is actively committed to assisting at-risk children and the homeless. He founded the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission, the Salem Pregnancy Support Center, the mentoring program One Kid At A Time, and the Christian Association of Youth Mentoring, a national effort to identify mentors. Stu is the founder of Kidz Xtreme, an intercity Christian Youth Program focusing on Section 8 Housing.
Stuart Epperson’s Net Worth
Stuart has an estimated net worth of 1.14 million dollars.