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PORTS C.E.O CONDEMNED ACCUSATIONS

Honiara City, People, Policies, SIPA, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines, Unionism

March 18, 2015

Chief Executive Officer of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) Collin Yow has condemned accusations levelled against him and the ten consultant...

S.I.P.A WORKERS WANT THEIR SUPERIORS TERMINATED

People, Policies, SIPA, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines

March 16, 2015

The Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) and its more than 200 members employed by the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) are calling for the i...

A.D.B STANDS READY TO ASSIST WITH D.C.C’s POLICY PRIORITIES

ADB, Banks, Development, Government, Policies, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines

March 15, 2015

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) stands ready to provide assistance for some of the policy priorities of the Democratic Coalition for Change Governmen...

GOVERNMENT TO PASS ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY THIS WEEK

Government, Policies, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines

March 11, 2015

The Government will pass its anti-corruption policy this week and release it as a public document by Friday. Speaking to participants at an anti-corru...

INVEST IN OUR WOMEN & GIRLS, INVEST IN OUR FUTURE: JIMSON TANA

Government, International Annual Events/Days, Investment, Policies, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines, Women

March 11, 2015

The Minister of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs Jimson Tanangada has said investing in women and girls is indeed investing in our future. Th...

OPPOSITION QUESTIONED D.C.C’s FOREIGN POLICY ON WEST PAPUA

Foreign Relations, Government, People, Policies, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines, West Papua

March 7, 2015

The Parliamentary Opposition Leader Jeremiah Manele has questioned the Democratic Coalition for Change Government’s foreign policy on West Papua...

OPPOSITION RECOMMENDS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR D.C.C

Government, Parliamentary Opposition, Policies, Politics, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines

March 6, 2015

The Parliamentary Opposition recommends (DCC) Government adopts a Strategic Development Plan. The Parliamentary Opposition leader, Hon. Jeremiah Manel...

RIGHT TIME TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS: PRIME MINISTER SOGAVARE

Government, People, Policies, Politics, Solomon Islands, Top Headlines

February 25, 2015

The Prime Minister says Democratic Coalition for Change policies will “raise a lot of eyebrows” but the time is right for tough decisions ...

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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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