Radio One Lebanon was a radio station that served

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, broadcasting on the FM band before it closed down on the 1st of February 2020 as a result of the Lebanese liquidity crisis. The station was licensed to broadcast all over Lebanon, from studios in

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. It was one of the many FM stations that launched during the civil war in

playing international pop music, as well as oldies.

History

Radio One was founded in 1983 by Raymond Gaspar as CEO and Roger Gaspar as program director. The station played international music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Radio One broadcast daytime and nighttime shows, including ''Breakfast Show with Gavin Ford and Olga, Radio One’s Top 20, Monday Night Love Songs Special,'' and ''The Classics'', playing listener requests from the 1970s through the 1990s. Ford died at age 53 on 27 November 2018, after he had been tied up, beaten and fatally

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inside his Beit Meri home. Two

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men were arrested on 28 November after some of Ford's belongings were found in their Beirut apartment. One suspect confessed to Ford's murder and both men having targeted his house beforehand for a robbery attempt. Ford had been an on-air personality for Radio One since 1996. The station closed down on the 1st of February 2020 following the Lebanese financial crisis. The radio faced financial difficulties that led to its discontinuing and to stopping the broadcast of its programs.

Air personalities

* Gavin Ford *Olga Habre * Roy Malakian * Randi Stephan

Shows

* Monday night love songs * Radio One Classics * Remember Yesterday with Kevin * The Chillout Lounge with Alan * Rockin' on Radio One with Randi

References

{{reflist 1983 establishments in Lebanon Radio stations established in 1983 Radio stations in Lebanon