Impact of Fuel and Diesel Increment on the Operations of Select Broadcast Media in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

The study was carried out to determine the impact of fuel and diesel increment on the operations of private radio stations in Owerri, Imo State. Survey research design was employed for this study. The population and sample size of 61 was used for this study to represent the select private radio stations journalist staffs. The findings showed that Owerri Journalists had a very high knowledge level of the fuel and diesel increment. It was found that the fuel and diesel increment has an impact on private stations’ operations as they now spend so much to keep the stations going. The fuel increment has an impact on the air space pricing for advertisements and programmes of private radio stations. The researchers concluded that the fuel and diesel increment has a remarkable impact on private radio stations’ daily operations and management. It was recommended that the Nigerian government should put up better policies that would aid Nigeria to have steady power supply like most African countries and other western countries.