Headquarter of the Liberia Broadcasting System in Paynesville
Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS)
The Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) is a state-owned radio and television network in Liberia. Founded as a Corporation in 1960, the network was owned and operated by Rediffusion, London until 1968, when management passed to the Government of Liberia. The network began broadcasting television as the Liberia Broadcasting Corporation in 1964. Following the 1980 coup d’état, the newly formed People’s Redemption Council gave the network its current name. As a result of the First Liberian Civil War, the company briefly ceased broadcasting in 1990, because the network’s premises were heavily damaged by war and looters over the next seven years.
The station later continued to broadcast all through the war after its home in Paynesville, outside Monrovia became inaccessible Monrovia. Upon the arrival of the West African peace keeping mission, ECOMOG, to Liberia in 1990, The Force provider a space for LBS to continue its broadcast at the Monrovia Free Zone, on the Bushrod Island, where the Peace Keepers were based. The station later moved to the Ducor Continental Hotel on upper broad street in central Monrovia where LBS operated until 1998 (following the election and inauguration of Charles Taylor as president of Liberia) when it moved back to Paynesville.
The network continues to provide radio broadcasts, though the lack of proper equipment limited the broadcasts to a sixty-mile radius around Monrovia. In 2008, the Chinese government installed a new 10 kW FM transmitter, along with several secondary transmitters throughout the country, which extended the network nationwide. Additionally, the network reestablishes its television service, the Liberia National Television for the Monrovia area, in the beginning, with plans to extend it nationwide.
Mission
Our mission is to promote the developmental and cultural aspirations of Liberia by leading the broadcast industry through quality programming whilst engaging in viable commercial activities. We are committed to producing and distributing radio and television content such as news, talk shows, lectures, musical concerts, and advertisements that drive education, entertainment, and economic growth while remaining accessible and responsive to the needs of our diverse audience.
Vision
Our vision is to make the Liberia Broadcasting System the most authentic, dependable, and trustworthy voice of Liberia. We aspire to be the leading broadcast institution that delivers reliable, high-quality programming, fostering national unity, cultural pride, and inform citizenship across all 15 counties of our nation.
