We will Return

Ricefield Radio that is not necessarily the Red shirts. We had to take this turbulent week off when my mother had a major stroke and passed away. It's been a busy time for us and we just did not have the time and where with all to do the complete show on Wednesday.

Friday we will have a full show and reports on what's been going on in Bangkok and around the country. One thing that concerns us it the crackdown on pro-red Community radio stations in the North and Northeast. We will have reports on that as well as other things the Government of Mark is doing to subvert our rights by blocking pro red websites while letting venomous pro yellow ones completely off the hook.

See you at 1:00pm Friday.

Today's Radio Editorial - Bloody Sonkran

This is our editorial in print for Monday April 1


Following their catastrophic failure to provide even the vestiges of security for the Asean summit leaders the Abhisit government declared a state of emergency in Bangkok, rather than admitting their total incompetent failure by resigning and calling an election.

In a move that could only be described as a retaliatory operation to deflect the criticism and save some face for the botched security at Asean, Abhisit and the government ordered fully armed troops with real bullets into the fray. The troops started firing and at airtime 77 people were injured some seriously. For those that did not previously agree that the Military brokered the deal to put Abhisit into power now have their evidence that the military would make a deal with the devil to cling to power and get their new toys and a bigger budget, a budget that they used to overthrow the government in 2006 and to shoot at protesters today.

Abhisit now has his dream of going down in Thai history as another Burmaesque leader that tried to quell Democracy with the use of bullets and force rather than at the ballot box, this is now Thailand's "Bloody Sonkran".

Want to host a show?

It is not as hard as it sounds now a days. With the advent of modern computers and the internet it is easy to record remotely and send your show either in one unit or in segments to be broadcast. You need a good microphone, a computer with at least a gig extra space, an internet connection and a decent sound card. That is about it.

If you have always wanted to have your own radio show now is a great time to get it off the ground. Just contact Ricefield Radio from our website.

We have a few simple rules that we must follow.

-You have to commit to a set amount of airtime per week and you must have the files in to us in advance.

-The program must be in English and relate to North OR Northeastern Thailand and follow Thai broadcasting rules and regulations.

-The show must not be politically lop sided, but you can have a view.

-You can not defame anyone or use the station as your soapbox and you are responsible legally for the content.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in contact us with your idea, your time requirement and we will take it from there. It may be worth noting that a talk show will take many more hours to prepare than the airtime shows.

AMARC

Ricefield Radio has been accepted as a Voting Member of AMARC. Other voting members are Federation Community Radio In Thailand, Mass Communication department Ramkhamhang University, Open Forum for Democracy Foundation and Voice of Community Project in Chiang Mai.


Ricefield Radio is the only Internet based community radio station with AMARC membership in Thailand.

We broadcast Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1:30pm Thai Time in English.

RFR:Ricefield Radio the English language voice of the North and Northeast.

Never Underestimate The Wonder of Radio

Never Underestimate The Wonder of Radio

Ricefield Radio is a non commercial community radio station. We have selected local advertising that goes to the costs associated with in this type of operation.

We play the best of Creative Commons content in a variety of styles from around the world but we concentrate on music from North America, England and the EU. We hope that you enjoy it. We do.

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Serving the English language and foreign community of Thailand's North and Northeast.

Broadcasting at 1:30 pm Thai Time Monday, Wednesday and Friday. News One International, regional and Local plus views. Creative Commons Music, and a syndication of Democracy Now with Amy Goodman.