CABLE TO FBIS WASHINGTON DC FROM FBIS BANGKOK TH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-00053R000300220007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 20, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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REF WA161 REQUEST FOR TELEVISION IDENTS
SERVICE: BANGAOK BUREAU TELEVISION IDENTS
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THE ONLY TEI_EVISIOI1 SERVICE BANGKOK BUREAU NOW HAS ON REGULAR
COVERAGE IS BANGKOK TELEVISION SERVICE IN THAI AT 1300-1415 GMT
DAILY. THIS NEWSCAST IS A POOL OF CO11ERCIAL CHANNELS(ANO &
AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CAST BOTH STATIONS DISPLAY ON THE
SCREEN THE LOGOS FOR BOTH CHANNELS WITH THE WORDS "JOINT NEWSCAST"
IN THAI WITH THE THAI INITIALS OF THE MASS COMMUNICATIONS
ORGANIZATION OF THAILAND (0 SO MO THO) INCLUDED AS A SUBSCRIPT.
AT THE BEGINNING OF ITS BROADCAST DAY, CHANNEL SIGNS ON BY
DISPLAYING A PICTURE OF A THAI LEGENDARY FIGURE ANO THE WORDS
"THAI COLOR TV STATION CHANNEL
((SATHANI THORATHAT THAI THIWI SI
CHONG SAM))" IN THAI; THE AUDIO ACCOMPANIMENT TO THIS DISPLAY
IS LIGHT MUSIC WITH NO VERBAL IDENTIFICATION. FOLLOWING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM, THE CHANNEL'S LOGO -- THE NUMBER 3 INSIDE A ROUNDED
SQUARE ABOVE THE INITIALS OF THE MASS COMMUNICATIONS
ORGANIZATION OF THAILAND -- IS DISPLAYED ACCOMPANIED BY THE
VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN THAI: "THIS IS THAI COLOR TELEVISION
CHANNELt 3((THINI THAI THIWI SI CHONG SAM))." BETWEEN PROGRAMS,
THE CHANNEL'S LOGO IS DISPLAYED ALONG WITH THE WRITTEN TITLE OF
THE NEXT-SCHEDULED PROGRAM. THERE IS NO VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
or
CHANNELq(!)SIGNS ON WITH A MEDIUM CLOSEVP SHOT OF A FEMALE
ANNOUNCER SAYING IN THAI: "THIS IS THAI COLOR TELEVISION CHANNEL
OF THE MASS COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION CF THAILAND ((THINI THAI
THIWI SI CHONG KAO KHONG ONGKAN SUSAN MUANCHON H
AE
NG PRATHET
THAI))." BETWEEN PROGRAMS THE CHANNEL'S LOGO -- THE NUMBER
INSIDE A ROUNDED SQUARE ABOVE THE INITIALS OF THE MASS COMMUNICATIONS
ORGANIZATION OF THAILAND -- IS DISPLAYED ALONG WITH THE WRITTEN
TITLE OF THE NEXT-SCHEDULED PROGRAM. THERE IS NO VERBAL
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DURING CRISES, BANGKOK BUREAU ALSO MONITORS MILITARY
CHANNEL'()SIGN3 ON DISPLAYING A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT
OR A THAI SCENE WITH THE NAME OF THE FLOWER OR SITE WRITTEN IN
THAI AND WITH THE CHANNEL'S LOGO -- THE NUMBS ENEATH THE 3-LETTER
THAI INITIALS FOR "ARMY RADIO-TELEVISION STAT ((THO THO BO))" --
DISPLAYED. LIGHT MUSIC IS PLAYED, BUT NO AUDIO IDENTIFICATION
ANNOUNCEMENT IS GIVEN. BETWEEN PROGRAMS THE CHANNEL DISPLAYS A
FLORAL ARRANGEMENT OR THAI SCENE WITH THE NAME OF THE FLOWER OR
SITE WRITTEN IN THAI AND THE STATION'S LOGO IN THE R I GHTHAND
CORNER OF THE SCREEN; LIGHT MUSIC ACCOMPANIES THIS, BUT THERE IS
NO VERBAL IDENTIFICATION.
CHANNELU/7JSIGNS ON BY DISPLAYING THE STATION'S LOGO -- THE
NUMBER' CENTERED ON THREE OVERLAPPING COLORED CIRCLES ABOVE THE
WORDS IN THAI "ARMY COLOR TELEVISION STATION CHANNEL& ((SATHANI
THORATHAT SI KONGTHAP BOK CHONO CHET))." BETWEEN. PROGRAMS THE
STATION LOGO APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AS THE WRITTEN TITLE
OF THE NEXT-SCHEDULED PROGRAM IS DISPLAYED, ACCOMPANIED BY A VERBAL
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEXT PROGRAM. CD/N
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