In Libyan "vacuum," "new media outlets have blossomed
" including Libya Al Hurra and an English FM station.
29 Sep 2011 Susan Sachs
"In fact, in the new Libya there are no rules. The country is running on ad-hoc decisions most often made by committees in individual towns and neighbourhoods. The Transitional National Council, the anti-Gadhafi forces’ provisional governing body, has not appointed interim ministers. In the vacuum, new media outlets have blossomed. Local television and radio channels have sprung up in the larger cities of Benghazi and Misrata.
Dozens of newspapers have appeared across the country. But the biggest battle is for the media-related equipment, frequencies and property in the freshly liberated capital, which was the hub of the ousted dictator’s massive international and domestic propaganda machine. [Saleh] Magdub is a case in point. He set up Libya Al Hurra in the studios of a channel that was controlled by Col. Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam. The sets, computers and other equipment were purchased only three years ago and are housed in a modern downtown building. ... A committee of rebel activists from Benghazi has occupied what once was the state-run pan-Africa radio service. It offers mainly patriotic songs and call-in shows. Another NTC effort is a new FM radio station that broadcasts in English. 'It wasn’t allowed before, so why not have an English language station?' said Mohamed Kish, one of the founders." -- Libya Al Hurra is not to be confused with, but will be confused with, the USIB Alhurra. The pan-African station was the Voice of Africa, and it broadcast on shortwave in Arabic, English, French, Hausa, and Swahili.</div>
" including Libya Al Hurra and an English FM station.
29 Sep 2011 Susan Sachs
"In fact, in the new Libya there are no rules. The country is running on ad-hoc decisions most often made by committees in individual towns and neighbourhoods. The Transitional National Council, the anti-Gadhafi forces’ provisional governing body, has not appointed interim ministers. In the vacuum, new media outlets have blossomed. Local television and radio channels have sprung up in the larger cities of Benghazi and Misrata.
Dozens of newspapers have appeared across the country. But the biggest battle is for the media-related equipment, frequencies and property in the freshly liberated capital, which was the hub of the ousted dictator’s massive international and domestic propaganda machine. [Saleh] Magdub is a case in point. He set up Libya Al Hurra in the studios of a channel that was controlled by Col. Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam. The sets, computers and other equipment were purchased only three years ago and are housed in a modern downtown building. ... A committee of rebel activists from Benghazi has occupied what once was the state-run pan-Africa radio service. It offers mainly patriotic songs and call-in shows. Another NTC effort is a new FM radio station that broadcasts in English. 'It wasn’t allowed before, so why not have an English language station?' said Mohamed Kish, one of the founders." -- Libya Al Hurra is not to be confused with, but will be confused with, the USIB Alhurra. The pan-African station was the Voice of Africa, and it broadcast on shortwave in Arabic, English, French, Hausa, and Swahili.</div>
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