Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation (LJBC) ( ar, الهيئة العامة لإذاعات الجماهيرية العظمى) was the state-run broadcasting organization in

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under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. It distributed news in coordination with the

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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

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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

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

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and Hot Bird from 1997. On 22 August 2011, the station was taken off-air by the

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forces, which had entered

the previous day.

References

External links

LJBC homepage
(Internet Archive copy as of July 23, 2011: original site is no longer live) {{authority control 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