Timber Talk

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.

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

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

                 ARK PRO LOGGER   Fall 2001 Article

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