Thailand has a variety of media landscape including television, radio, newspapers, magazines and internet. Television broadcasting began in 1955 and is now the dominant news medium. There are six government-controlled TV channels that broadcast news, documentaries and entertainment. Radio is also an important media and the government-owned Radio Thailand operates alongside commercial radio stations. Major newspapers include the English-language Bangkok Post and Nation as well as popular Thai newspapers like Khao Sod and Matichon. Magazines cover various topics from politics to travel. The media landscape plays an important role in informing the public and providing entertainment.

1. Media In Thailand

2. Thailand

3. Thailand is a Southeast Asian country. It's known
for tropical beaches, opulent royal palaces,
ancient ruins and ornate temples displaying
figures of Buddha.
Capital: Bangkok
Currency: Thai baht
Points of interest: Phi Phi Islands, The Grand Palace, Patong
Official language: Thai

6. Mass media in Thailand :
The media plays an important role as the
principal source of domestic and foreign
news and as a source of public
entertainment. All major daily newspapers
are privately owned, but many radio and
television stations are controlled by the
government and operated as commercial
enterprises .

7. The mass media in Thailand is under the
broad supervision of the Public Relations
Department in the Office of the Prime
Minister.
Several types of local media are produced in
Thailand: newspapers, magazines, radio
broadcasts, television, internet websites.

8. Television
Thailand television broadcasting started on June
24, 1955 (in NTSC). Color telecasts (PAL ,
System G 625 lines) were started in 1967. Full-
time color transmissions were launched in 1975.
 By 1980 television had become the dominant
news medium among urban Thais. Household
television set ownership (about 3.3 million sets
in 1984) was as widespread as radio in all urban
areas of the country.

9. Television in Thailand comes in four systems:
free-to-air television, subscription television,
satellite television, and regional television,
utilizing VHF and UHF frequencies.
As of 2000, UBC was Thailand’s only cable
operator. It had 300,000 subscribers. Bilingual
English broadcasts are available .

10. There are six government-controlled, terrestrial
TV channels in Thailand:
 TV 3, TV 5 (owned and operated by the army),
 TV 7 and TV 9 transmit a blend of news, documentaries, sports,
talk and quiz shows,
 PBS and NBT are public-service channels, owned and operated
by the government’s public relations department.
 Cable networks – available in many mid-range and most
upmarket hotel rooms – carry channels from all around the world,
including: CNN from the US, BBC World from the UK and
sometimes ABC from Australia, as well as English-language
movie channels, MTV and various sports and documentary
channels.

11. Both the Bangkok Post and the Nation print the daily
TV and cable schedule.

13. Radio
Radio broadcasting plays an important role in
the lives of the Thai people, with its
nationwide coverage. Also, radio transmitters
and receivers cost relatively little.
 The broadcasts can be received with no great
effort.

14. Radio Thailand has seven networks that
specialize in such areas as news and
information, public affairs, social issues,
education, and foreign-language broadcasts.
Altogether, Thailand has 204 AM radio
stations, 334 FM radio stations, 6 shortwave
stations.
Thailand has about 14 million radios .

15.  The only official radio broadcasting station is
Radio Thailand, operated by the Government
Public Relations Department (PRD), with the aim
of keeping the public informed with updated news .
 Apart from public radio and commercial radio, the
Thai people also have community radio as another
option. The community radio frequencies are open
to community participation in terms of ownership,
production, and management.

16.  With a shortwave radio – or by going
online – you can pick up the BBC World
Service , Radio Australia , Voice of
America , Radio Canada and other
international stations right across Thailand.

18. Newspaper
In Thailand there are 18 major Thai-language
daily newspapers, three major English-
language dailies, and four major Chinese-
language dailies. Major daily newspapers
include Khao Sod (Fresh News). The two
main English language papers are the
Bangkok Post and the Nation.

19. The Nation was founded in 1971 and was
active supporting democracy and played in
role in rallying protesters in the bloody
uprisings in 1972 and 1992. It drew readers
with its independent voice and became the
flagship of a publishing empire that now
includes real estate developments and a
variety of publishing and media projects .

20. Of the hundreds of Thai-language
newspapers and magazines published every
week, the sensationalist daily tabloid Thai
Rath attracts the widest readership, with
circulation of around a million, while the
moderately progressive Matichon is the
leading quality daily, with an estimated
circulation of 600,000 .

21.  Newspapers in Thailand come in several
types, according to their target groups:
1) General newspapers
2) Business newspapers
3) Sports newspapers
4) Entertainment newspapers
5) Foreign-language newspapers (English, Chinese,
Japanese)
6) Local newspapers (North, Northeast, South)
7) Newspapers on line

24. Magazines
 The Advertising Association of Thailand has
classified magazines available in the market into 15
types, as follows:
political magazines, sport magazines, children’s
magazines, photography and printing magazines,
travel and tourism magazines, business and
advertising magazines, entertaining magazines, house
magazines, women’s magazines, men’s magazines,
car magazines, art and culture magazines, economic
magazines, health magazines, family magazines.

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