May 30, 201312 yr Anyone know why the English speaking radio station that was running a couple of years ago no longer exists? Was not brilliant but that's what made it entertaining. Any plans anywhere for someone else to start one up. Would be great for local business and generate news and topics....
May 31, 201312 yr do you mean with the beautiful Thai voice? That was brilliant. Lots of infos and interviews in a way which was absolutely lovely. Sometimes English rhetorical mistakes, but she managed also that in her own easy und funny style with a laugh.
May 31, 201312 yr Near the Samui Prison area on one of the side roads there is a building with "Samui Radio" on the sign. I have no idea if it's in operation, or the frequency it runs on, but I guess like anything else, it needs money from advertising to run... would there be enough advertisers to justify? ... when it comes down to it, how many people listen to the radio here?.... I think not too many....? Having said that there are so many international radio and music stations on line, that are free or small subscription, that provide good choices of talk or all genres of music... ( yes I realize without the local interviews or talk.... but... )
May 31, 201312 yr Hi jimmy! Buy a good old world receiver with sensitive reception on fm my favorite Is the Grundig Satellit 700 around 18 years old, collector price 300€with this I could receive in Maenam beach most of the channels from Bangkok area, also many english over a distance of 500 km, but only in the night time on day time nothing! Signal was weak but clear enough! In Samui radio stations are very little,this why it's possible to get radio station over many hundred km with sensitive radios! In other areas of Thailand signal are to strong and mostly overlapped on same freqency! To optimized the signal buy a fm antenna with a sterable motor and install it on high ground on the roof, far away by the power line interference! A fm booster between the radio and antenna and you got it all! Good luck!
May 31, 201312 yr The original thread here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/251495-samui-radio-online/ And the guy that was mentioned in the thread http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/grahamgold/biography
May 31, 201312 yr @ sandman, I don't need something else to collect dust around the house ! ..... .... If I want music or what ever I would just turn on a music channel the television or tune into web channel ... @ Neilly checked out those links, the second seems to have current info, but could not see how one would actually tune in to listening for something! The first link you gave had a web address, but it no longer connects!
May 31, 201312 yr @ Neilly checked out those links, the second seems to have current info, but could not see how one would actually tune in to listening for something! The first link you gave had a web address, but it no longer connects! Yeah I know Jimmy...checked myself...I know it did work coz one of the blokes I used to work with listened to it in the afternoons on the internet
June 3, 201312 yr What's a radio? Is it the same thing as a wireless? I could do with getting one of them. Hmmm . . . must give my legs a lick. Paintwise . . . R
June 5, 201312 yr i have been looking into this for a while. The other radio was shut down because it did nto have a proper license. one can be obtained but there are allot of restrictions and rules plus you can only apply once a year. You need a technician and dj's and a few other rules. they have license for charity radio stations which means that you cannot advertise anything business releated or u can be closed down and commercial stations which you need to a proper license for. there is not shortage of dj's on the island or news. it would be nice to have traffic and weather updates. the conditions of the tides extra at the moment 3G with an internet connection might be a better alternive.
June 6, 201312 yr What happened to the old ruling about the military base on Samui? This meant no fly-overs (including hang gliders . . . radio-control aircraft etc) and - so I believe - no radio broadcasting within specific distances. Has all this been changed now? Way back in the late 1990s there was a radio station broadcasting off the island - in a boat? Can't recall. But I still know one of the partners (no names!) who's still here and has an IT business in Lamai. I have a feeling that this is a factor. Plus the fact that who the hell listens to the radio anyway, apart from Thai construction workers and girls in 7-11? And they don't go no farang crap. (OR . . .applying Big C-ish logic and thusly lateral thinking/spelling etc etc - maybe nobody listens to the radio cos 1) there isn't any and 2) if there was some it would have to be up-to-the-minute, topical, chatty, have music to drive by, lots of gossip and info, very local weather (ie piddling in Hua Thanon right now but nowhere else) and have FUN, utterly LULU show hosts who just made you want to not miss a minute of their fascinating blather. . . as in . . . who watches Samui TV channel on cable, apart from the advertisers?? Or is that a totally different hot topic?) R
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