Establishing television and radio
broadcast stations
There are some long-standing examples of
this activity, such as Luang Phor Panya Nantha
Bhikkhu who started giving television and radio
sermons in 1960 (Lan Dhamma Jak, 2010). This led
to the establishment of many other channels such as
World Buddhism Television at Yannawa monastery
(Figure 6) and the Dhamma Media Channel
television station (Dhamma Media Channel, 2010)
which are on air all the time. The Office of the
Education Council (2009) discovered that the
monasteries propagated Buddhist teaching 56
percent by broadcast tower and 25 percent by radio
(Figure 7). Some channels have broadcast Dhamma
issues both in the Thai and English language (Jud Ta
Kaieng Group, 2010)