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MMF SAYS PRENDERGAST STILL HAS CASE TO ANSWER FOR

Australia, Government, Police, Top Headlines

July 28, 2014

The Malaita Ma’asina Forum has questioned the government’s decision to have Frank Prendergast as the new Commissioner of Police for the Ro...

SOLOMON ISLANDERS GRADUATED FROM ANU WITH MASTERS

Australia, Education, Students, Studies/Research, Top Headlines

July 21, 2014

Two Solomon Islands women have graduated with Masters Degrees from the prestigious Australian National University, ANU. They are Caroline Laore and An...

AUSTRALIAN ENT MEDICAL TEAM CURRENTLY IN HONIARA

Australia, Healthcare, People, Top Headlines

July 20, 2014

An Australian volunteer Ear, Nose and Throat, ENT medical team is currently in Solomon Islands providing diagnosis and treatment for patients with ear...

HMAS PARRAMATTA DEPARTED HONIARA MONDAY

Australia, Emergency Responses, Fisheries, Foreign Relations, Maritime, Navy, Top Headlines, Visits

July 18, 2014

The Australian frigate, HMAS Parramatta has departed Honiara on Monday this week after spending three days in port. HMAS Parramatta is visiting the Pa...

INTERPLAST MEDICAL TEAM TO VISIT HONIARA AND GIZO

Australia, Healthcare, Organisations, People, Top Headlines, Western Province

July 14, 2014

An Interplast medical team from Australia and New Zealand will visit the country from 26th this month to provide medical services both to Honiara and ...

HMAS PARRAMATTA ON GOODWILL VISIT TO SOLOMON ISLANDS

Australia, Navy, Top Headlines, Visits

July 10, 2014

Australian navy vessel HMAS Parramatta will be visiting Honiara tomorrow and will be in the country until Monday next week as part of a three-week goo...

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The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation was established by an Act of Parliament - The Broadcasting Ordinance 1976. It was established to provide a high quality broadcasting service, by radio, of a wide range of programs for the information, education and entertainment of all people living in the sovereign borders of the Independent State of Solomon Islands.

Radio broadcasting was established by US military forces in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP) during World War Two. In 1944, the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) developed small, mediumwave stations at Lunga on Guadalcanal and Munda, New Georgia. These were designed to provide information and entertainment to the hundreds of thousands of US service personnel then based in the BSIP. The stations were part of the Mosquito Network, a loose network of similar AFRS stations stretching through the South-West Pacific, from Bougainville in the north to Auckland in the south, and including outlets in Espiritu Santo and Noumea.

As the Pacific war moved northwards, the AFRS stations closed and BSIP listeners returned to tuning to broadcast programmes from Australia or further afield for entertainment and information. In 1946, a rudimentary weekly half hour of news and service bulletins was established by the BSIP Administration. The service was transmitted from Honiara on regular inter-island radio frequencies using Government transmission equipment and soon developed a regular following.

By 1952, the broadcasts were on a much stronger footing and the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service (SIBS), an arm of the Government, was established. In 1976, new legislation converted the SIBS into the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC), a totally independent public service broadcaster charged with providing national radio coverage and a full range of news, educational and entertainment services.

For more on the history of radio in Solomon Islands click here: SIBC Stations

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