CCM Magazine is a monthly magazine published by Salem Publishing, a division of Salem Communications. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Salem Publishing, a division of Salem Communications is the publisher of CCM Magazine, and other magazines formerly published by CCM Communications. Salem Communications ( is a media company specializing in talk radio with a focus on an evangelical Christian religious and conservative political point of view which operates in the It was first published in July 1978, and it has always been a Christian music magazine. On January 16, 2008, Salem announced that the April 2008 issue would be the final printed issue of the magazine in face of tough competition against the Christian30 web network. [1]
When the magazine was first published, it was actually called Contemporary Christian Music and specifically covered that music genre. The name was later shortened to CCM which was still an acronym for Contemporary Christian Music. For a short time, the magazine changed its name to Contemporary Christian Magazine (keeping the CCM but broadening the scope) but then ultimately went back to Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Then in May 2007, the name's meaning was changed to "Christ. Community. Music. " The editor quickly pointed out that the term "contemporary Christian music" was dated and in some cases downright offensive. The name change was most likely a result of bands like Switchfoot being hesitant to be in a magazine that labeled them Christian. Switchfoot is an American Alternative rock band from San Diego, California. Now the magazine's editor says that Christ, community, and music are three entirely different things - thus, the periods after each word of the acronym to show that they are not related. The editor's explanation of the name change can be found in the May 2007 issue of the magazine.
In October 2006, CCM launched its own social networking site, MyCCM.
Since its start, CCM has covered a wide range of musical artists that mix spiritual themes with their music. From mainstream artists like Bob Dylan, T Bone Burnett, Victoria Williams, The Call, Sam Phillips, U2 and Bruce Cockburn to the more mainstream Christian radio artists like Amy Grant, Larry Norman, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Steve Taylor, Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major T-Bone Burnett is an American songwriter musician and producer Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958 in Shreveport Louisiana) is an American Singer / Songwriter and musician Bruce Douglas Cockburn, OC (ˈkoʊbɚn phonetically "co-burn" (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian folk/rock Guitarist Amy Lee Grant (born November 25 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her Contemporary Christian Larry David Norman ( April 8 1947 &ndash February 24 2008) was an American musician singer songwriter and producer Michael W Smith (born October 7, 1957) is a Grammy Award -winning American Singer and Songwriter. Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah Kentucky, U Roland Stephen Taylor (born December 9, 1957) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and Film director Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio He was heavily involved in drugs at the time and that same day was badly hurt Randy Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American Singer/songwriter from Stockton California, best known as one of the so-called In the 1980s, CCM also paid enormous attention to some of the more obscure spiritual artists coming out of the Southern California punk rock and new wave scene like the 77s, Daniel Amos, Undercover, Altar Boys, Crumbacher, The Choir, Adam Again, and others. The 77s (alternatively spelled The Seventy Sevens or The 77's) are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar Daniel Amos (aka D A, Dä) is a Rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals Marty Dieckmeyer on bass Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information The Altar Boys are a Christian punk rock band from California formed in 1982. Crumbächer was an American Christian new wave and Synthpop band in the 1980s headed by Stephen Crumbächer. The Choir is an atmospheric alternative Christian rock band led by Derri Daugherty on guitar and vocals Steve Hindalong on drums--who also writes Adam Again was a rock band led by Vocalist Gene Eugene, with Riki Michele on vocals Paul Valadez on bass, Jon Knox However, as the 1990s rolled around, the magazine seemed to focus more and more on artists that were heavily played on Christian Radio.
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