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Forestry extension & low power radio : an evaluation of the Santiam broadcast site

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  • Parameters: Trip purpose, sign visibility, listenership, message quality, demographics Research Area/Region: Transmitter location atop Hoodoo Butte, at Hoodoo Ski Resort. The Hoodoo Butte is located within the Deschutes National Forest. Site Location: The transmitter located atop Hoodoo Butte is permanent. The broadcasts are played in a continuous cycling ioop The legal description of the area where the transmitter is located is: NE 1/4, Sec. 17, T 12 (S), R 10 (E) Willamette Principle meridian & baseline. The Oregon State University Forestry Extension Program, in conjunction with the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests, designed and implemented an educational program using the Low Power Radio (LPR) technology. LPR is a communication technique used to send information, via AM radio broadcasts, to an audience, typically through an automobile radio. This technique is used for dispensing such information as weather and road reports, car travel tours and interpretive information. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of that program. This study has a dual purpose, that is, it is both formative and summative. In these terms, this evaluation provides information about the use of the LPR program located on Santiam Pass and information that could contribute to the successful implementation and effectiveness of future LPR programs. Through the use of survey tools, information regarding listener involvement and perceptions of the LPR program was drawn from two sources. A random sample drawn from the population of actual drivers across the broadcast area yielded 278 responses. Results of this descriptive study found that the dominant profile of the Santiam Pass driver is a 43 yr old, urban man with a high school education. The major reason for travelling over the pass is for recreational purposes (76%). The data reflected a 30% potential audience. That is, only 30% of the respondents were aware of the program's existence. Of the total number of respondents 8% tuned into the broadcast. The second source, comprised of fifty individuals, was a purposeful sample of people interested in public natural resource education. Assessment of the data retrieved here showed that the demographics roughly matched the random sample in all characteristics but educational level. The dominant profile of the internal group is a 46 yr old, urban man with a college education. The major reason for travelling across the pass was for recreational purposes (56%). The majority of the respondents felt that they had learned something from the messages (84%) and that the program was useful (88%). Seventy-eight percent said they had enjoyed the program and fifty-six percent said that they would tune in again. The demographics of the population audiences were noted and compared against other variables in an attempt to create a portrait of significant characteristics relating to use and enjoyment of the LPR program. The data were statistically analyzed to examine the hypotheses relating to: 1) Community influencing tuning in to the broadcasts, 2) Sex influencing tuning in to the broadcasts, 3) Age influencing tuning in to the broadcasts, and 4) Educational background influencing tuning in to the broadcasts. Statistical tests used to examine these hypotheses in null form did not allow for rejection in the random sample. Information regarding demographics and frequencies in that sample have proven useful to the summative scope of this evaluation. The purposeful sampling group did suggest significant relationships for questions I & 2 from above. Those are that urbanites considered the program useful more often than rural dwellers and that men felt that they had learned something more consistently than did women.
  • Keywords: forestry education, Low Power Radio (LPR), evaluation
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