Voix du Liban 100.3

In 2010, the Phalange Party bought – through a company called Société Nouvelle d’Information Audiovisuelle SAL – the rights to the 100.3 and 100.5 FM radio frequencies, previously owned by Noujoum Lubnan (Stars of Lebanon), a Category 2 (i.e. non-political) station. Upon buying them, the Party declared that it would relaunch VDL on these two new frequencies. On December 1, 2010, two different radio stations carrying the same name were being broadcast. In 2017, the Lebanese Court of Cassation ruled that the Voix du Liban logo, with the acronym VDL, is a distinctive name worthy of protection and that its rights were to be granted solely to the VDL 100.3-100.5 frequencies, banning the Dbayeh station from using this name. Three months later, however, the Court issued a second ruling suspending the first ruling and thus reopening the case file. The legal dispute is ongoing. VDL 100.3 broadcasts 20 hours a day and geographical coverage extends over Lebanese territories and neighboring countries. The radio content is diverse, from news bulletins (including the 8.00 pm LBCI news bulletin) and political, social, and economic, to medical awareness-raising, cultural, artistic, entertainment, and sports programs, among others. It is currently run by Assaad Maroun and the Editor in Chief is Charbel Maroun.