Channel 7 (Thailand)

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BBTV CH7
Type Private Terrestrial television
Country Thailand
First air date 27 November 1967
Availability National
Slogan Channel 7, your TV (Thai: ช่องเจ็ดสี ทีวีเพื่อคุณ)
Broadcast area Nationwide
Owner Bangkok Broadcasting Television and Royal Thai Army
Key people Saran Virutamawong
Official website www.ch7.com

CH7 (Thai: ช่องเจ็ด; Thai: Chaung Jed; literal: Channel 7) is a Thai television station, CH7 was officially launched on 27 November 1967 after being acquired by Royal Thai Army.

CH7 is a sister channel of TV5. Its headquarters at Mo Chit, Chatuchak.

CH7 currently broadcasts under VHF (Very High Frequency). In the Bangkok Metropolitan Area the VHF channel is 7. CH7 is also available over TrueVisions on Channel 3. Its daily broadcasting hours are 24 hours

History

CH7 was formerly known as Channel 7 Color (another one was Channel 7 B&W, now Channel 5). It was managed by Royal Thai Army and broadcasts from Bangkok. This broadcast area was only limited to Bangkok Metropolitan Area only.

The channel targets Thai-speaking viewers; American English and Hong Kong Cantonese programmes are also shown in this channel.

Channel 7 was launched started television broadcasting first airdate on Monday, 27 November 1967 at 18:30 local time tonight officially launched by the then prime minister and military dictator Thanom Kittikachorn. It was originally planned for a nationwide expansion and started broadcasting nationwide since 1973.

Events

Every Saturdays, there is Chet Si Concert.

Programmes

Notable programmes by CH7 include:

Broadcasting Hours

  • 1967-1975 Opens at 17:00 and closes at midnight.
  • 1975-1980 Opens at 18:00 (weekdays) or 14:30 (Saturdays) or 9:30 (Sundays) and closes at 23:00.
  • 1980-1991 Opens at 13:00 (weekdays) or 8:00 (weekends) and closes at midnight.
  • 1991-1998 Opens at 5:30 and closes at 2:00.
  • 1998-2000 Opens at 5:00 and closes at 2:00.
  • 2000-2010 Opens at 4:30 (weekdays) or 5:00 (weekends) and closes at 2:30.
  • From 1 March 2010 Opens 24 hours.

See also

Reference

  • Channel 7 schedule, 1 July 1995 Bangkok Post

External links

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