Scott Jennings and Alex Marlow Take Over Salem Radio Network’s National Midday Lineup Following Charlie Kirk’s Assassination

Scott Jennings and Alex Marlow have been tapped to take over the national midday lineup on Salem Radio Network, filling the slot once held by assassinated conservative leader Charlie Kirk.

The network announced that Marlow will host the noon-1 p.m. ET time slot, followed by Jennings from 1-3 p.m. beginning January 5. The program was previously dominated by another conservative icon, the late Rush Limbaugh.

Marlow already hosts a podcast on the Salem Podcast Network and appears frequently across conservative media platforms. Jennings’ profile has surged in recent years through his combative television appearances defending President Donald Trump during clashes with liberal co-panelists. He currently hosts Salem’s 2-3 p.m. hour, which had followed two hours of “The Charlie Kirk Show.”

Salem stated that “The Charlie Kirk Show,” now co-hosted by Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff, will continue as a podcast on the Salem Podcast Network. Both incoming hosts credited Kirk and the team that maintained his show after his Sept. 10 assassination.

“To my friend Andrew Kolvet and the Turning Point USA team, thank you for your stewardship of Charlie’s radio legacy … These are some of the most important hours in talk radio,” Jennings said.

“It was a rare pleasure to be a weekly guest on my friend Charlie Kirk’s show during the last year of his life … I can’t wait to get started,” Marlow stated.

Kolvet also thanked Salem for its cooperation after Kirk’s death, calling the network “so gracious through this process.” While the Kirk team plans to keep producing the show in other venues, Kolvet emphasized that “ultimately we agreed that Alex and Scott were the perfect hosts to take over on the radio portion.”

A Salem representative noted that the network expects more than 300 radio stations to carry the shows, reaching a weekly audience of over 1.2 million listeners, with an additional one million projected through podcasts.