AdvertisementIn March of this year, Chris Stigall suddenly announced his candidacy for Congress… giving up his successful nationally-syndicated talk show on the Salem Radio Network in order to seek public service in the U.S. House of Representatives. In doing so, Stigall became just the latest in a long line of conservatives whose springboard into national politics was the Salem Radio Network. The founder of the student activist group Turning Point USA caught lightning in a bottle when he presided over his own midday Salem Radio Network talk show. Talk Radio had not seen any similar phenomenon since the reign of the legendary Rush Limbaugh. AdvertisementTom Tradup is Vice President of News at Dallas-based Salem Radio Network.