Voice of Free Libya

Voice of Free Libya

Broadcast Location 2011
Formation	February–March 2011
Purpose	Anti-Gaddafi Broadcast Media
Location	Benghazi, Bayda, Misrata and Tobruk
Official language	Arabic

Voice of Free Libya (Arabic: صوت ليبيا الحرة Sawt Libya al-Hurra) is the name used by three radio stations aligned to the anti-Gaddafi forces that began broadcasting in February 2011, operating from the cities of Benghazi,^[1] Bayda^[2] and Misrata. They played an important role in the Libyan Civil War and have continued to broadcast after the fall of Gaddafi.^{[citation needed]}

During the Libyan Civil War, other rebel-controlled radio stations were reported to be operating in Tobruk, Nalut, Jadu, Libya, Derna and Zliten.

In many cases - and certainly for the stations in Benghazi, Bayda and Misrata - they used captured transmitters formerly run by the Libyan state broadcasting organisation.

Output was in Arabic, with the Nalut station also said to have used Berber (Tamazight). The outlets operated independently and with separate programing, although they shared similar aims. They all carried material strongly supportive of the rebels and firmly critical of Gaddafi.^[3]