Asian and Thai History of Broadcasting

and Radio Waves

5th Week 9 Feb 2016

The Coming of Broadcasting in Asia

The oldest radio station in Asia was introduced in Sri Lanka around 1925.
Later, Radio SEAC was founded during WWII for exploitation of allied forces.
In 1949, it was shifted to Radio Ceylon and the station became public in

1967 due to the independence.

Around 1924, the radio station in the Philippines was founded by an

American businessman. Afterwards, all radio stations in the Philippines had

to be added KZ before other letters, like KZEG, KZRM, etc., representing
the implication of American colony.
The Radio Corporation of the Philippines was a subsidiary of American

company RCA (Radio Corporation of America).

The Coming of Broadcasting in Asia

The first radio station in Japan was JOAK in Tokyo, opening on

March 22, 1925.

*Thanks to the Great Kanto Earthquake, it evoked the emergence

of radio broadcasting station in Japan.

In 1926, NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, was established by the Ministry

of Communication. It was the National Broadcasting Service.

The government also established a national organization of

broadcasting stations.

History of Television in Asia

In 1926, Kenjiro Takayanagi, one of the worlds premier innovator, successfully

displayed a clear image of the character " " on a Braun tube on December 25.
This was followed by the successful experimental TV transmission of an image

of a person in 1928 (40 scanning lines, 14 frames/second).

In 1937, Takayanagi's team constructed a TV set with 441 scanning lines at 30

frames per second, at the time the world's best, and nearly equivalent to
present-day systems.
In 1939, NEC and Toshiba developed the first domestically-manufactured TV set.

Great Japanese discoveries

The fishbone-like antenna used throughout Japan
for receiving terrestrial TV broadcasts, was invented
in 1926 by H. Yagi and
S. Uda of Tohoku Imperial University.

Japanese TV Broadcasting
On April 13, 1940, the first Japanese TV drama was

produced for broadcast to the Broadcasting Hall and

Atagoyama. It was "Yuge-mae" by Uhei Ima. The
broadcast lasted approximately 12 minutes.
The production of the first commercial set in 1953 and
the first public broadcasts by NHK.
The Nippon TV Network Corporation
was the first to commence regular
broadcasting on August 28, 1953.

Commercial TV broadcasters
In 1958, the Tokyo Tower was completed, greatly expanding the

service area within the Kanto region.

By 1959, four key commercial stations

had been established:

Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV),
TBS, Fuji TV, and TV Asahi.

Incredible Japan
In 1960, Japan became third country in the world to begin

regular color TV broadcasting after the US and Cuba.

The Worlds first TV Olympics in 1964. The new

technologies were introduced such as close-pickup

microphone and slow-motion VTR.
The Philippines was the second country to launch color TV

in Asia support by RCA.

*Thailand first launched color TV in 1967 and the TV

station was channel7.

Thailands radio and TV history

In 1907, the first telegraph was used for militarys activities transmitted

between Bangkok and Songkla. (Rama Vs era)

In 1913, the term ra-di-o was changed to Thai wit-ta-yu. (Rama VI era)
In 1927, Prince Purachatra Jayakara, the father of Thai radio, first tried to

broadcast vocal sound and music by a short-wave transmitter used of 20

watts. (Rama VII era)
In 1930, the first radio broadcasting station calledPhayathai radio station.
Until 1941, the station was changed its name to the National Radio

Broadcasting of Thailand.

Rama VIIs Address

Radio broadcasting is meant to
enhance education, trade, and
entertainment for members of the
public

Thailands Radio and TV History

Later on, the radio broadcasting was used for the mainly

political affairs such as propaganda, political revolution,

nationalism, etc.
The first television was broadcast in 1952 and the first

commercial radio service was broadcast in 1954.

In 1955, Thai TV Channel4 was established. It had 525

scanning lines. Two years later, it switched to use 625 lines at

the new station which was Channel9.

Thailands Radio and TV History

In 1957, Channel5 became the second TV broadcasting

station.
In 1967, Channel7 first launched a TV program in color

and became the first color TV broadcasting in Thailand.

The show was Miss Thailand in 1967.
In 1970, Channel3 was the second color TV

broadcasting.

The Golden Age of Thai TV

There were Free TV and Subscription TV for people.
In 1988, Channel11, PRD, to broadcast about

governments news and activities.

In 1989, IBC (international broadcasting corporation), the

first Thai cable TV.

In 1990, Thai Sky cable TV and UTV Cable Network Co. Ltd.
In 1994, ITV was broadcast on Free TV.

Major Switch on Thai TV

In 1998, IBC merged with UTV resulting in UBC.
Later, it changed name to UBC-True in 2007 and later

TrueVisions in 2009, respectively.

Major Switch on Thai TV

In 2002, Channel 9 to Modern9 TV.
In 2007, ITV changed to TITV and finalized to ThaiPBS in

2008.
In 2008, Channel11 changed to NBT.
By 2016, All TV system should be transmitted in digital.

The Importance of Frequency

All kinds of transmission, analog, digital,
or wireless communication, use radio
waves as a catalyst. Both audio and video
signals are transmitted through radio
waves in order to travel in long distance.

Radio Waves
Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation

with wavelength. Its range can be larger than our

planet.
Wavelength = AM
Frequency = FM
When it travel consistently, there plausibly are these
happening as follows
Frequency
Amplitude
Wavelength
Attenuation

Radio Waves
Radio Frequency or RF
Hertzian Wave or Hertz

Frequency
Frequency is defined as the number of cycles per second.
Ex. If F travels 2 cycles per 1 second, it is 2 Hertz.
1 Hz. = 1 cycle/second
1 KHz. = 1000 cycle/second
1 MHz. = 1,000,000 cycle/second
1 GHz. = 1,000,000,000/second

*How many cycles per second does 107 MHz. travel?

Frequency

1 cycle

Examples of Electromagnetic Radiation

Cosmic RaysPhysics, Astronomy from 1014 GHz up.
Gamma Rays Cancer Treatment1010 1013 GHz.
X-Rays Medical X-rays 108 109 GHz.
Ultraviolet Sterilization 106 108 GHz.
Visible Radiation Human Visibility 105 106 GHz.
Microwaves Radar, Satellite1 300 GHz.
Radio Waves
Radio Waves
Radio Waves
Radio Waves

UHF 470 806 MHz.

VHF, FM 47 216 MHz.
Short Wave3 - 26 MHz.
AM535 1,605 KHz.

Types of Radio Frequency

3 30 Hz.

ELF

30 300 Hz

Communication with submarines

SLF

Communication with submarines

300 Hz. 3 KHz. ULF

Communication under the mines

and
3 30 KHz.

for
30 300 KHz.LF

deep underground
VLF

Very long distant communication

military

Air navigation

Types of Radio Frequency

300 3000 KHz. MF

station
3 30 MHz.
HF
ground
sea-to-shore
30 300 MHz. VHF
300 3000 MHz. UHF
phones
3 30 GHz.
SHF
Cable TV
30 300 GHz. EHF

AM radio, Amateur radio

Short wave, Aviation air-tocommunications, Maritime
services, etc.
FM radio, VHF TV
UHF TV, Walkie-Talkies, Cell
Satellites, Microwaves, Radars,
Police Speed Radar, Weapons

Advantage of Radio
Accessible
Portable
Long distant signal
Recognizable
Affordable
Direct experiences
Imagination
Knowledge

Advantage of Television
Visible
Attention
Perceivable and Understandable
Persuasive
Reachable
Affordable
Direct Experience
Instant problem solving