Arabic news channel Al Arabiya is reporting that a local radio station in Misurata, 125 miles east of Tripoli, has been bombed by military helicopters. It is unclear at this stage whether anyone has been injured.
The radio station has reportedly been broadcasting pro-freedom messages since Misurata fell into the hands of Libya’s anti-government rebels last week. Reports suggest that the bombing began in the early hours of this morning, and that a military aircraft thought to have been part of the attack has been shot down by anti-Gaddafi rebels.
The Financial Times has an eye-witness report from Misurata, which says that an aircraft was shot down while attempting to land at 4am.
(Source: journalism.co.uk)
Andy Sennitt adds: Later reports indicate that the aircraft was firing on the station’s transmission tower rather than the studios. It’s unlikely that the aircraft crew would have known the exact location of the studios. I haven’t seen any reports indicating how serious the damage was, or if the station is still broadcasting.
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on Mar 1st, 2011 at 09:17
Hey mate ,
According to a Libyan source in Libya , this is the FM station which used to transmit on 88.8 and 88.9 MHz.
as this morning 1/3 I was picking up the voice of Free Libya on 675 kHz signing in around 7.11 UTC .
B.Rgds
Tarek Zeidan
on Apr 8th, 2011 at 21:40
Update on rebel radio in libya from the Los Angeles Times today 8/4/11
Great story and very interesting!
‘The voice of Libya’s rebellion is up and spinning’
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-libya-rebels-media-20110408,0,2874161.story