Timber Talk

Enlightening weekly 30 minute interviews with national forestry professionals!

Governor Beebe (left); Max Braswell (right); Teddy Reynolds (center)

Timber Talk is a popular radio program that informs, educates, and updates landowners, as well as the general public, about forestry.  Timber Talk has intrigued listeners since its first airing in 1998 and has grown to include four radio stations.  It is the only forestry related media that reaches all sectors of the public.  Timber Talk's airing coverage includes 42 counties in Arkansas, 7 counties in Texas, 6 parishes in Louisiana, and 4 counties in Oklahoma.  Timber Talk's popularity is in part due to Arkansas' role in the "Southern pine belt" which provides 15% of the world's lumber and is consequently the world's largest sustained supplier.  Arkansas ranks 4th in national timber production.

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe (left) and Max Braswell (right) present Teddy Reynolds (center) with the 2007 Communicator of the Year from the Arkansas Forestry Association.

 

Timber Talk Facts:

  • Continues to grow in popularity with over 2,400,000 population coverage in south Arkansas, north Louisiana, and northeast Texas.

  • Currently airs on three primary FM stations in south Arkansas and one AM station.

  • Past shows can be played on this site at Listen to Past Shows.

  • Over 5,000 monthly hits received by www.timbertalk.com.

  • Highest website hits originate from Virginia, California, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

  • Originated to benefit our forest community through educational interviews with national professional leaders promoting forest stewardship.

  • Timber Talk’s first airing was in November 1998 on a solitary station in Nashville, Arkansas through the support of the late Rick Castleberry, KMTB-99.5 FM Station Manager.

  • Timber Talk continues to air on its originating station along with four new stations.

  • Local funding and sponsorship. Sponsorship paralleling coverage growth will play an increasing role.

  • Uniquely popular with timberland and non-timberland owners.

  • The only 30-minute weekly forest medium broadcast to all sectors of the general public.

  • Timber Talk does not promote Reynolds Forestry, but presents the central message of good forestry stewardship and  its sponsors. Reynolds Forestry is the professional knowledge base for its host.


www.arkansastimber.infoLandowner website developed through the efforts of Senator Blanche L. Lincoln,  Economic Development Administration, Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Reynolds Forestry Consulting - RFC, Inc.

arkansastimber.info 


Timber Talk sponsored in part by:

www.reynoldsforestry.com


 

Listen to Timber Talk throughout the week on the following stations: 

  • 100.5 FM  KZHE in Magnolia, AR Tuesday from 9:30-10:00AM                                      

  • 105.5 FM  KWRF in Warren, AR Thursdays from 9:30-10:00AM                       

  • 104.5 FM  KWXE in Glenwood, AR Saturdays from 8:30-9:00 AM                                        

  • 670 AM    KWXI in Glenwood, AR Saturdays from 8:30-9:00AM

Click here to see if you are in our coverage area for live broadcasts in Arkansas and Louisiana.

Coverage Map



Timber Talk featured in ARK PRO LOGGER magazine for its extensive work and dedication to the forest industry.

                 ARK PRO LOGGER   Fall 2001 Article

         Click here to view article

 

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- site updated on: 25 Oct 2007                              By: Bobby Weido

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