Voix de Tout le Liban 93.3
Voix du Liban (VDL) was the first private radio station in Lebanon. Owned by the Phalange (Kataeb) Party, it attempted to start broadcasting in 1958 but its activity was suspended by its founders after the end of a three-month civil conflict that year. It resumed broadcast in 1975 as the first private, commercial, partisan radio station in the country. In the mid-1990s, the Audiovisual Media Law was put into effect to regulate broadcasting in Lebanon and distribute licenses. Pursuant to this law, the Société Moderne d’Information SAL obtained the license to operate VDL, broadcasting on 93.3 FM, granted by the Council of Ministers. However, the issue of ownership became the subject of a legal dispute between the Phalange Party, the initial owner in 1975, and the Société Moderne d’Information, represented by the heirs of the late Simon Al-Khazen – the former vice-president of the Phalange Party – who have been running the radio station since the 1990s, leading to a split between two radio stations carrying the same name. In 2021, the Lebanese judiciary forbade the Khazen-owned radio station from using its trade name. It changed its name to Voix de tout le Liban (VDTL), after which the judiciary issued a decision in favor of the Phalange Party, confirming its ownership of VDL radio station and trade name.
VDTL broadcasts on the following FM wavelengths: 93.3 in Beirut, 93.5 in northern Lebanon, and 93.1 in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa, Batroun, and Akkar. It has media partnership agreements with a number of major stations, such as Radio Middle East in Canada which relays VDTL news. VDTL also retransmits news and radio programs from Germany’s Arabic Deutsche Welle channel, the Russian Sputnik Arabic radio, and the Lebanese MTV channel. It provides news bulletins, as well as political, economic and social programs, interviews, music, songs, culture and arts. The current CEO is Imad Al-Khazen, the Editor-in-Chief is Taheya Qandil, the finance and administrative director is Petro Milan and the program director is Chadi Maalouf.
Ownership Type
Private - Lebanese Joint Stock Company
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free Content
Media Companies / Groups
Société Moderne d'Information SAL
Ownership Structure
VDTL 93.3 is owned by Société Moderne d'Information SAL. Its main shareholders are three brothers, Imad, Ziad and Tarek Al-Khazen, sons of late Simon Al-Khazen, who was the vice-president of the Phalange Party. Other investors own shares in Société Moderne d'Information SAL. The Al-Khazen family's shares are distributed as follows: Imad Al-Khazen and Hiba Al-Khazen (9.75%), Ziad Al-Khazen and Hiba Al-Khazen (7.5%), Tarek Al-Khazen and Hiba Al-Khazen (8.875%).
Voting Rights
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Individual Owner
Group / Individual Owner
Mounir Akiki
Samer Zaytoun
Garabet Kyoumjian
Jihad Barkdawi
Makram Obeid
General Information
Founding Year
1958
Affiliated Interests Founder
a Christian political party in Lebanon. Founders include Simon Al-Khazen, Mounir Hajj, Ibrahim Richa, Jalal Bitar, Habib Lahoud, George Saadeh, Toni Tajer, Michel Mouawad, Fadi Habr, Bishop André Haddad, Melhem Karam, and Antoine Habr.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
son of Simon Al-Khazen, former Phalange Party vice-president
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Editor-in-Chief
Affiliated Interests other important people
Administrative Director
Program Director
USAID project coordinator
Makram Obeid
Retired General Officer at General Directorate of General Security
Contact
Phone: + 961 (4) 545 352
Email: news@vdl.com.lb
Website: www.vdlnews.com
Address: Zouk El Khrab, Dbayeh
P.O. Box 19-170 Dbayeh
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
1,100,000,000 L.L (2021)
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
-200,000,000 L.L (2021)
Advertising (in % of total funding)
515,000,000 L.L (49%)
Market Share
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Further Information
Meta Data
2024 audience share for all outlets is based on data provided by ELKA. Cumulative amounts are used to assess the audience share indicator. 2024 and 2021 data on shareholder fractions, company information, revenue, and management are acquired by the collaborative investigative efforts of SEEDS for Legal Initiatives and the Samir Kassir Foundation. Audience share data is unavailable for online outlets.