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00:00I'm here now on Thanon Vithiyu or Wallace Road. People often debate why its English name is
00:05Wallace Road rather than Radio Road. So let's find out. The name Wallace Road still sparked
00:11heated debates among Thai netizens even though the road was established over 50 years ago.
00:16Some argue that it should be called Radio Road even calling authorities to have the name changed.
00:22But the fact is just that in old-fashioned English, the word Wallace also referred to
00:26radio technology. Created in 1972, Thanon Vithiyu was named after the nearby Saradang
00:33station, one of Thailand's first radio transmitter stations. Some theories suggest
00:38that the station used a machine known at that time as Wallace Telegraphy, which is why the
00:43road received the name Wallace Road. To settle these ongoing debates, the street's name was
00:48later written in both Thai and English. Regardless of its name, Wallace Road remains an important
00:55area in Bangkok, home to embassies and shopping malls.