`BBC' to build station in Thailand

`BBC' to build station in Thailand

BANGKOK (AFP): The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) will build a major radio relay station in central Thailand under an agreement signed yesterday with the Thai government, the BBC announced.

The agreement signed by Foreign Minister Prasong Soonsiri and British government officials here calls for construction of a US$46.2-million station in Nakhon Sawan province, the BBC said in a statement.

The station will have four 250-watt transmitters that will broadcast the BBC World Report in up to 10 languages to large parts of South Asia and the Asia-Pacific regions, it said.

The station is to begin broadcasting before the end of 1996 and be in full operation in mid-1997.