Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- In a room padded with foam and spray-painted with graffiti, the new sounds of rebellion in Libya are being broadcast online.
The guys running Tribute FM are amateurs who dug into their own pockets to fund Libya's first English-language online broadcaster targeting a worldwide audience.So far it has received a few e-mails and Skype calls from listeners from as far away as Denmark, the United States and Italy."It is a people's movement right, but started by youth and powered by youth, OK," one of the DJs says into his mike as the show begins.He wants to be heard, not seen or identified by name because, he says, it will put his family at risk. They still live in areas controlled by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
He, meanwhile, is in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi and using his microphone as a weapon against the regime."This is our gift to all martyrs, to the people who actually died and suffered throughout this revolution," explains his colleague Aiman,
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