Veera Theerapat


Veera Theerapattranon, generally known as Veera Theerapat is a Thai journalist, radio presenter, news TV host, and author. He became known for his talk radio shows during the late 1990s to early 2000s, where he used a shock jock–style, speaking bluntly and often ridiculing callers.

Early life

Born and grew up in Phichit Province, Theerapat completed his lower secondary education at La Salle Chotiravi Nakhonsawan School and later graduated from Suankularb Wittayalai School in Bangkok, where he enrolled in 1969 at the age of 12 and was a classmate of Jurin Laksanawisit. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University. He got a job in the media immediately following graduation in 1978 at the urging of a senior friend.

Career

He was one of the journalists that followed Prime Minister Gen Prem Tinsulanonda on visits to Denmark in 1981, it also was his first trip abroad.
In 1984, he became the Daily News's first economics editor.
He was an assistant foreign news editor of Matichon including serving as editor-in-chief of Wattajak. He was the president of The Economic Reporters Association between 1988 and 1989.
Since July 1998, he has become widely known as a radio host for "Khui Kan Chan Thueng Sook" on Trinity Radio. The program allows phone-in listeners to come and talk to the host. He speaks loudly and argues with his audience. During his show's peak popularity, it was an afternoon radio program that was not the highest rating music program on FM in Thailand.
With increasing age causing reducing his aggressiveness, he began to offer more diverse content, such as history or narrating Indian epic Mahabharata.

Personal life

His father, the son of Chinese immigrants born in Thailand, was a rice trader in Nakhon Sawan who continued the family's business from his own father. His mother was a merchant of mixed Chinese and Lao Wiang descent from Saraburi. Theerapat is married but has no children. During his holidays, he spends his days at his weekend house in Chon Daen District, Phetchabun Province, where he named it "Arsom Sonthaya".

Partial works

Television

  • Ban Lake Thee Ha on Channel 5
  • Siam Chao Nee on Channel 5
  • Khui Kan Wan Yood on Channel 5
  • Ta Sawang on Channel 9
  • Tam Roi Pong Sawa Dan on Channel 5
  • Khui Rob Thit on Channel 9
  • Fang Hu Wai Hu on Channel 9
  • Khui Khai Kid on Thai PBS

Radio

  • Pak Thong Chao Ban on FM 101 MHz
  • Khui Kan Chan Thueng Sook on FM 97.0 MHz
  • Ngoen Thong Tong Ru on FM 90.5 MHz
  • Khao Pen Khao on FM 105 MHz
  • Talk News & Music on FM 96.5 MHz

Written

Column

Book

  • Lok Haeng Chiwit & Bantuek Haeng Chiwit
  • Lao Tao Tee Ru
  • The Story From The Epic Mahabharata
  • Khon Rai Rak
  • On Painting
  • The Story From Arsom Sonthaya
  • From Cicero To Caesar & From Pompey To Caesar