Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation (LJBC) ( ar, الهيئة العامة لإذاعات الجماهيرية العظمى) was the state-run broadcasting organization in
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
under the
rule
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of
Muammar Gaddafi
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. It distributed news in coordination with the
Jamahiriya News Agency
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It was founded in 1964 as the Libyan News Agency by a royal decree, amended in 1970 after the 1969 c ...
in accordance with state laws controlling Libya media.
On 22 August 2011, the organization was rendered defunct when its channels were taken off-air by anti-Gaddafi fighters, which had entered
Tripoli
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the previous day.
Organization
The corporation's website and online presence was serviced by fifty employees, mostly journalists. They were organized into four departments; news editing, programming, design, and maintenance and operations, based in offices in
Tripoli
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.
Stations
Television
Stations run by the LJBC include:
* Al-Jamahiriya TV – the official state television channel with news and entertainment
* Al-Madina TV – an entertainment channel
* Al-Jamahiriya Satellite Channel – international satellite channel
* Al Mounawaa
* Al Hidaya Al Libiya
* Al Shababiyah – youth programming
* Al Libiya (formerly Al Jamahiriya 2) – a general entertainment channel
* Al Badeel
* Al Jamahiriya TV English – English speaking channel
* Libya Al Riadhiya – Sports channel
Radio
* Radio Jamahirya 103.4 MHz –
generalist program in Arabic
* Voice of the Libyan People – international shortwave radio broadcasts
Al-Jamahiriya TV
Al-Jamahiriya TV was a television channel broadcast by the Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation. The channel broadcast mainly Libyan Aljamahiriya discussions, cultural programs and news bulletins. It was available in three languages: Arabic, English and French.
Emphasis was left to the official Libyan political and government activities, with live coverage of sessions of the
People's Congress, speeches of the "Guide of the Revolution" (the official position held by Colonel Gaddafi) and readings of
''The Green Book'', written by the Libyan leader, and published in 1975.
The channel started in the morning and ended in the evening by reading verses from the Koran and the dissemination of the national anthem, before giving way to a focus and national radio.
The Libyan national television was broadcast via satellite to the Arab world and Europe via the satellites
Arabsat
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and
Hot Bird
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from 1997.
On 22 August 2011, the station was taken off-air by the
National Transitional Council
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forces,
which had entered Tripoli
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the previous day.
See also
*
Media in Libya The media of Libya consists of a broad range of newspapers, TV channels, radio stations, and websites mostly set up during or after the Libyan Civil War, which removed previously tight restrictions on freedom of the press and freedom of speech. By t ...
*
Hala Misrati
Hala Misrati ( ar, هالة المصراتي; born 9 September 1980) is a Libyan writer, television anchor and journalist. She came to wide prominence around the Arab world during the First Libyan Civil War, during which she made pro-Gaddafi gov ...
References
External links
LJBC homepage(Internet Archive copy as of July 23, 2011: original site is no longer live)
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Mass media in Libya
Government-owned companies of Libya
Television networks in Libya
Television channels and stations established in 1969
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011