Toms organization has been supporting a bill before the Florida legislature to restrict
the use of motor boats in areas known to be inhabited by manatees. This bill is scheduled to come up for a vote in the legislature. Tom recently received a phone call from a national environmental protection organization indicating that it will donate $300,000 to Friends of the Manatees to help increase public awareness about the plight of the manatees, and to encourage voters to urge their representatives in the state legislature to vote for this bill. Tom intends to use this money to purchase various types of advertising media to get the message out during the four weeks immediately preceding the vote.
Tom is considering several different advertising alternatives: newspapers, TV, radio, billboards, and magazines. A marketing consultant provided Tom with the following data on the costs and effectiveness of the various types of media being considered.