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The routine of Kao Si Mum Baan begins at six in the morning when the
materials are being compiled, and after two o'clock in the afternoon when the
afternoon editions of the papers are available. News items are organised by the
assistant into the categories summarised in Table 7. The producer/presenter
runs through all items before recording begins. He checks primarily on two
things; the content and number of items that fit into each category, and the
main news of the day. Although most front page stories are included, the
producer must exercise self-regulation to meet both the organisation's goals and
its comniercial imperatives. Controversial news, concerning the government in
particular, is presented strictly from the official point of view and in the
prescribed hierarchical order.
While Kao Si Mum Baan works within an official environment Kao Duan Juan
Sanug operates in a business organisation. The difference is reflected in both
the programme structure and the daily routine. The entire production process
is carried out in the producer's studio. There are two recording sessions; the
main one at 18:00-19:00 and the second at 02:30-03:30. When the programme
was first conceived the second session was the sole recording session since the
programme was only produced for the Bangkok audience.
In the 1980s however, Kao Duan Juan Saang evolved into a network
programme and the recording time adjusted to the evening. Finished l)rogIammes
are then delivered during the night to four local stations in the east, south and
the north for broadcasting the next morning. The same programme is scheduled
for broadcasting in Bangkok in two slots; as Soon Ruam Kao at 20:30-21:30
on Tor Tor Tor and Sor Sor Sor, and as Kao Dunn Juan Saang at 5:00-6:00
on Wor Bhor Tor and Tor Chor Dor radios. The morning recording session
becomes a supplementary session for news up-dates or for breaking new
headlines for the Wor Bhor Tor and Tor Chor Dor audiences. This enables
the programme to keep up with the pace of conipetition in both the speed and
exclusiveness of news production (see Figure 7).
Programme presentation
The main focus of the production process in both Kim Si Mum Bairn and Kim
Duan Juan Snang is the compilation of news items and the recording session.
Neither the assistant nor the producer/presenter is involved in script writing.
Printed news stories are used unaltered. In the studio, the presenter links the
news items by his/her comments or analysis without a written script. Since
there is little journalistic skill involved in the organisation of material these
improvised inserts become the space in which producers can exercise his/her
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