Voice of Lebanon (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

, French as or VDL) is a private radio station in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

, owned by the

Kataeb Party The Kataeb Party ( ar, حزب الكتائب اللبنانية '), also known in English as the Phalanges, is a Christian political party in Lebanon. The party played a major role in the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). In decline in the lat ...

since 1958. In December 2010, two rival Lebanese radio stations using the same name ran at the same time,As Safeer: «الكتائب» تسترجع المبنى... ووردة تؤكد «الاسم لنا»
(in Arabic) but later in 2020, the Kataeb Party claimed back the rights for the radio it founded.

History

Voice of Lebanon was established by the Lebanese Kataeb Party (Phalanges) in 1958 during the

1958 Lebanon crisis The 1958 Lebanon crisis (also known as the Lebanese Civil War of 1958) was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included a United States military intervention. The intervention lasted for aro ...

. One of the founders was Joseph Abu Khalil, a politician from the Kataeb Party. It broadcast for a few months then ceased with the departure of Lebanese President

Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christi ...

and the arrival of President

Fouad Chehab Fouad Abdullah Chehab ( ar, فُؤادْ عبد الله شِهاب; 19 March 1902 – 25 April 1973) was a Lebanese general and statesman who served as President of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964. He is considered to be the founder of the Lebanese ...

. With the onslaught of the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

, the station resumed its work in 1975, with the help of

Ibrahim El Khoury Ibrahim E. El Khoury ( ar, ابراهيم أ. الخوري; July 20, 1936 – July 28, 2013) was a Lebanese director and producer who was chairman of the Télé Liban television network from 1999 until his death. Early life He started at ...

(ex-chairman), Joseph El-Hachem, And Elie Saliby; initially using the medium wave and later also broadcasting on FM. Since December 2010, it is the name of two rival Lebanese radio stations using the same name, one run by the Kataeb Party and the other by the

Lebanese government Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The ...

. In 2020, the Kataeb Party reclaims the name Voice of Lebanon Radio after the court's decision.

The two separate stations

In December 1, 2010, two radio stations were operating under the same name: Voice of Lebanon 1 * Owner:

**Through Société Nouvelle d'Information S.A.L. * Frequencies: 100.3 MHz and 100.5 MHz * Broadcasting from:

Ashrafieh Achrafieh ( ar, الأشرفية) is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector (''secteur'') centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quart ...

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

*Sub-title: Voice of Freedom and Dignity "" Voice of Lebanon 2 (Now Voice of All Lebanon) * Owner: Independent non-partisan **Through "" *Frequency: 93.3 MHz, alternatives: 93.1 MHz, 93.6 MHz * Broadcasting from:

Dbayeh Dbayeh ( ar, ضبية) is a city in Lebanon located on the Mediterranean Sea in the Matn District, Mount Lebanon, between Beirut and Jounieh. The majority of the population is Christian, apart from some Gulf Arab Muslims who live there during th ...

Matn District Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district (''qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is Jd ...

north of Beirut

Renaming

The independent station on 93.3/93.1 MHz/93.8 MHz, after losing the legal battle over the name "Voice of Lebanon" (in Arabic pronounced ) decided to change its name to Voice of All Lebanon (in Arabic pronounced ) to differentiate itself from the one run by Kataeb Party on 100.3 MHz/100.5 MHz which kept the original name Voice of Lebanon. The renaming remained controversial because of similarity of Voice of All Lebanon with Voice of Lebanon. The Kataeb Party has obtained new ruling from the courts to forbid the renamed station from the new name as well to force it to use another more distinct name.An-Nahar: قضية "صوت لبنان" تابع... منع "العصرية للإعلام" من استعمال اسم صوت كل لبنان

References

External links

Voice of Lebanon 100.3 /100.5 Official website

Official Sawt Lebnan websiteVoice of Lebanon 93.3 Official website
Radio stations in Lebanon {{Asia-radio-station-stub