Salt began working in radio at the age of 17 in which he joined Signal Radio as a Saturday sports production assistant at the age of 17. In 1991, he joined Liverpool's Radio City in 1991, later becoming deputy news editor, then Century FM in 2005, winning a Sony award for his breakfast show.[1]
Salt has freelanced for BBC World Service and BBC Radio Stoke. In 2012, he joined BBC Radio Merseyside and has presented various programmes on the station[2] On 10 August 2023, Salt presented his final breakfast show, announcing that he would be moving to weekends to present a sport programme[3] on the station.[4][5]
On television, Salt is a regular contributor for Liverpool FCs LFCTV.