Media in Libya
Encyclopedia
Until recently the Libyan Government owned and regulated all the local media outlets in Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

 through the Jamahiriya News Agency
Jamahiriya News Agency
The Jamahiriya News Agency, also known as JANA, was the official state news agency of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It was founded in 1964 as the Libyan News Agency by a royal decree, amended in 1970 after the coup d'état and fall of the Kingdom of Libya...

. On 29 January 2006 Saif al-Islam Gaddafi the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...

 announced that the Libyan government is allowing private radio and television stations and printed news publications. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's private media company One Nine Media (in reference to the date of the Libyan revolution 01/09/1969) launched a radio station Allibya FM in shortly after this to be the first privately owned media broadcasting station in Libya.

State-owned daily newspapers

  • Al-Shames Daily Newspaper
  • Al Jamahirya Daily Newspaper
  • Al-Fajr Aljadeed Daily Newspaper
  • Azzahf Alakhder Daily Newspaper

State owned TV stations

  • Al Nadi Sports Channel
  • Al Madina TV - entertainment
  • Jamahirya Satellite Television
  • Jamahiriya TV
    Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation
    Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation was the state-run broadcasting organization in Libya. It distributed news in coordination with the Jamahiriya News Agency in accordance with state laws controlling Libya media....

     (LJBC)

Radio

  • Allibya FM (93.4 MHz)
  • LJBC Radio (103.4 MHz)
  • Voice of Free Libya
  • Tribute FM
    Tribute FM
    Tribute FM is an English-language radio station targeting a Libyan audience both inside and outside the country. It was launched in May 2011 during the country's civil war. It is opposed to the government of Muammar al-Gaddafi....

  • Voice of Africa

External links

Allibya FM
Allibya TV
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