National Broadcasting Services of Thailand
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National Broadcasting Services of Thailand was formed by Radio Thailand and Television of Thailand' and is a national public broadcasting
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...

 state media
State media
State media or state-owned media is media for mass communication which is ultimately controlled and/or funded by the state. These news outlets may be the sole media outlet or may exist in competition with privately-controlled media.-Overview:...

 government mass media conglomerate of radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 services in the Kingdom of Thailand. It is owned and operated by Government's Public Relations Department. It owns and operates about 12 radio stations and one television channel (terrestrial free-to-air) from Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

. Local Network NBT has about 130 radio stations and about 40 television stations.

Important events

Year Date Event
1930 25 February Radio Thailand was in the building of a studio at Phayathai Palace Bangkok. This station was to be responsible to the Post and Telegraph Department (now the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission)
1938 Radio Thailand was established as HSK9, broadcasting for Foreign Language Program Service Radio on short wave (HF) (now the Radio Thailand World Service).
1939 1 April Radio Bangkok was transferred from Post and Telegraph Department to the Publicity Bureau (Now known as the Government Public Relations Department) .
1941 1 January Radio Bangkok was renamed Radio Thailand and moved to Broadcasting at Saladaeng Road.
1951 11 September Radio Thailand broadcast with a 10-kilowatt transmitter, set up within the complex at Soi Aree Samphan, Phahonyothin Road. An FM transmitter of 250 watts was used to link the signals from the studio at the PRD Headquarters on Ratchadamnoen Klang Road to the transmitter. It was the first FM broadcast in Thailand.
1977 11 September Radio Thailand was established as National Education Radio, broadcasting from AM 1461 KHz in Bangkok.
1985 15 January the Cabinet approved the establishment of National Television Station establishment Project (Television of Thailand) to promote education and for state public relations campaigns, without commercials or business endorsement.
1985 Television of Thailand was tested to broadcasting by VHF Band 3 Channel 11 transmitter machine (low power). Television of Thailand used it from PRD TV Denchai Station (Phrae
Phrae
Phrae is a town in northern Thailand, capital of the Phrae Province.The town covers the whole tambon Nai Wiang of the Mueang Phrae district. It covers an area of 9 km² and as of 2005 it has a population of 17,971....

 Province) for temporary broadcasting for about 4–5 months. After this Television of Thailand could not continue broadcasting, because it was a low power transmitter.
1986 27 January Radio Thailand moved to its new headquarters on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. The official opening of the headquarters was on 3 May 1986 .
1988 11 July Television of Thailand was officially on air on VHF Band 3 Channel 11 at New-Petchburi Road. The building was completed and graciously inaugurated by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The day has since been observed as the founding anniversary of Television of Thailand (Thailand's national television).
2000 Television of Thailand and National News Bureau (Now known as National News Bureau of Thailand) moved to within the complex of Radio Thailand on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.
2005 Government Public Relations Department is using representative name to Radio Thailand and Television of Thailand. That is National Broadcasting Services of Thailand(NBT) (until 2008 this was an unofficial name).
2008 1 April Radio Thailand and Television of Thailand officially named NBT.

Radio Stations Network
  1. Radio Thailand Network 1 = News and Informations
  2. Radio Thailand Network 2 = Live Democracy Government Politic
  3. Radio Thailand Network 3 = Educational (National Education Radio)
  4. Radio Thailand Network 4 = International (Foreign language)
  5. Radio Services of Thailand Network 5 = Regional Stations
  6. Radio Services of Thailand Network 6 = International Shortwave Radio or Radio Thailand World Service
    Radio Thailand World Service
    Radio Thailand World Service is the official international broadcasting station of Thailand. Owned by the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand, The station broadcasts in 10 languages: Thai, English, Chinese, Burmese, Lao, Khmer, Malay, German, Japanese and Vietnamese....


Central Station (Broadcasting From Bangkok)
  1. AM Radio
    Amplitude modulation
    Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...

    1. AM 819 kHz
    2. AM 837 kHz
    3. AM 891 kHz
    4. AM 918 kHz
    5. AM 1467 kHz
  2. FM Radio
    Frequency modulation
    In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...

    1. FM 88.0 MHz
    2. FM 92.5 MHz
    3. FM 93.5 MHz
    4. FM 95.5 MHz
    5. FM 97.0 MHz
    6. FM 105.0 MHz

Other Station (Broadcasting From Bangkok)
  1. ShortWave Radio (Radio Thailand World Service)

To be related with NBT
  1. NNT TV (Owned and operated with National News Bureau of Thailand)
  2. NBT Satellite Television (Owned and Operated with Private Media Companies)

Regional Station
  1. Khon Kaen
    Khon Kaen
    Khon Kaen is a city in Isan, Thailand. It is also the capital of Khon Kaen province and the Khon Kaen district.-Geography and demography:Khon Kaen is located in the Khorat Plateau, in the central-northwestern area of Isaan...

    1. UHF-Channel 26 (NBT TV Khonkaen) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Khon Kaen
    2. UHF-Channel 38 (NBT TV Chumphae) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Chumphae Khon Kaen
  2. Ubon Ratchatani
    1. UHF-Channel 33 (NBT Udon Ratchatani) - National Relay Broadcasting From Ubon Ratchatani
  3. Chiang Mai
    Chiang Mai
    Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is...

    1. VHF-Channel 11 (NBT Chiang mai) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Chiang Mai
    2. UHF-Channel 26 (NBT Fang) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Fang
      Fang
      Fang is a mammal's canine tooth.Fang may also refer to:* A snake's poison-injecting tooth: see snake venom* Fang people, in Central Africa* Fang language, spoken by Fang people...

       Chiang Mai
    3. VHF-Channel 11 (NBT Nan) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Nan
  4. Phitsanulok
    Phitsanulok
    Phitsanulok is an important and historic city in lower northern Thailand and is the capital of Phitsanulok Province, which stretches all the way to the Laotian border. Phitsanulok is one of the oldest cities in Thailand, founded over 600 years ago...

    1. VHF-Channel 7 (NBT Phitsanulok) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Phitsanulok
  5. Surat Thani
    Surat Thani
    Surat Thani is a city in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It is the capital of the province Surat Thani. The city has a population of 128,179 , and an area of 68.97 square kilometers. The city's population density is 1,858.47 inhabitants per km².Suran Thani is...

    1. VHF-Channel 12 (NBT Surat thani) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Surat Thani
    2. UHF-Channel 38 (NBT Samui) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Koh Samui Surat Thani
  6. Nakhon Si Thammarat
    Nakhon Si Thammarat
    Nakhon Si Thammarat is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and the Nakhon Si Thammarat district. It is about south of Bangkok, on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. The city was the administrative center of southern Thailand during most of its history. ...

    1. VHF-Channel 5 (NBT Nakhon Si Thammarat) - National Relay Broadcasting From Nakhon Si Thammarat
    2. UHF-Channel 45 (NBT Tungson) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Tungson Nakhon Si Thammarat
  7. Phuket
    Phuket Province
    Phuket , formerly known as Thalang and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon , is one of the southern provinces of Thailand...

    1. VHF-Channel 8 (NBT Phuket) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Phuket
  8. Songkhla
    Songkhla
    Songkhla is a city in the Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. As of 2006 it had a population of 75,048...

    1. VHF-Channel 10 (NBT Songkhla) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Songkhla
  9. Rayong
    Rayong
    Rayong is a city located on the shore of the Gulf of Thailand, in the east coast region of Thailand. It is the capital of Rayong Province, and covers the tambon Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of tambon Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within Mueang Rayong district...

    1. VHF-Channel 12 (NBT Rayong) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Rayong
  10. Chanthaburi
    Chanthaburi
    Chanthaburi ) is a town in the east of Thailand, at the banks of the Chanthaburi River. It is the capital of the Chanthaburi Province and the Mueang Chanthaburi district....

    1. UHF-Channel 38 (NBT Chanthaburi) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Chanthaburi
  11. Kanchanaburi
    Kanchanaburi
    Kanchanaburi ) is a town in the west of Thailand and the capital of Kanchanaburi province. In 2006 it had a population of 31,327...

    1. VHF-Channel 11 (NBT Sangklaburi) - National Relay Broadcasting From Sangklaburi Kanchanaburi
    2. VHF-Channel 12 (NBT Thongpaphum) - Regional Relay Broadcasting From Thongpaphum Kanchanaburi


There are approximately 15 more stations

See also

  • Media of Thailand
    Media of Thailand
    Thailand has a well-developed media sector, especially by Southeast Asian standards. Compared to other countries in the region, the Thai media have historically been relatively free, although the government has always exercised considerable control, especially over broadcast media...

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