Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International
The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International , also known as LBCI known, established in August 1985 as the first private television station in Lebanon founded. The station began broadcasting globally in 1996 when the LBC Al Fadi'ya Al Lubnaniya ( Arabic for Lebanese Satellite Channel ) satellite channel , which covers the Middle East , went into operation . Europe , North America and Australia are now also served. Like many other Lebanese broadcasters, the LBC has its own denominational orientation. She generally represents the mainly Maronite Lebanese right wing.
history
The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) started broadcasting on August 23, 1985 under difficult circumstances. The Lebanese civil war was then in its tenth year and the solution to the conflict was still a long way off.
After five years of success and public recognition, the LBC faced a challenge when the Lebanese Army Commander in Chief General Michel Aoun declared the War of Liberation in 1989 . The LBC facilities were bombarded with artillery shells regularly for six months .
During this time, the staff moved the facility to the basement of the building, where the offices were also set up. Asleep and working underground, the staff ensured that the station could broadcast every day.
The next challenge came the following year, when fierce fighting flared up again in 1990. The LBC offices were fired again and hit directly during the artillery fire. The damage caused was quickly overshadowed by the death of a cameraman . Nevertheless, the LBC did not stop broadcasting.
Another test was then on July 23, 1992, when the Lebanese government, without warning, forced the LBC to leave the facilities in Jounieh . All LBC personnel were mobilized and more than 50 trucks of material were removed before government forces took over the building.
Within a day, the entire transmitter was brought to the new headquarters in Adma , a few kilometers from Jounieh. At 8:00 p.m. punctually that day, viewers were able to watch the LBC news program , which was broadcast from an improvised studio.
When the end of the civil war came, new opportunities arose for the station, which has since been renamed LBC International.
After the launch of LBCSAT , a free satellite channel in April 1996, it was successful in the Arab world and from January 1997 LBCSAT broadcast 22 hours a day and ranked first in the Middle East.
Shortly afterwards, within three months, the encrypted channels LBC Europe, LBC America and LBC Australia were launched. LBC Europe now broadcasts 16 hours a day, the other two around the clock.