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Saitala warns candidates
All candidates who contested this year’s National General Election have until this Saturday 20th July to file their Statement of Account or face...
July 16, 2019
Wale petition case struck out
July 12, 2019
Boat users urged to take extra precaution
July 11, 2019

Politics

July 12, 2019
Wale petition case struck out
The High Court today struck out the petition case filed against the Leader of Opposition Group in Parliament Hon Mathew Wale. This is the first among ...
July 8, 2019
Bintang accused of meddling with domestic politics
The Bintang Mining Company (BMC) in Renbel province has been accused of meddling in the province’s domestic politics as a new executive awaits f...
July 8, 2019
The Right Reverend Vunagi officially sworn in as Governor General
The elected Governor General-Right Reverend His Excellency David Vunagi was officially sworn in today. Reverend Vunagi took his oath of alliance and o...

Solomon Islands

Wale petition case struck out
July 12, 2019
The High Court today struck out the petition case filed against the Leader of Opposition Group in Parliament Hon Mathew Wale. This is the first among ...
Cable work set to commence
July 10, 2019
Wale calls on Govt to fix Honiara water issue
July 9, 2019
Bintang accused of meddling with domestic politics
July 8, 2019

What's happening at SIBC?

January 23, 2019
SIBC SPECIAL RATES FOR 2019 LONG TERM PACKAGES AND ELECTION CAMPAIGNIN...
Introducing ‘Stret Tok’
November 29, 2018
SIBC preps for 2018 NG Election
November 26, 2018
‘Talem Ting Ting’ program returns
September 18, 2018

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

Headlines

Saitala warns candidates

Wale petition case struck out

Boat users urged to take extra precaution

Politics

Wale petition case struck out

Bintang accused of meddling with domestic politics

The Right Reverend Vunagi officially sworn in as Governor General

Solomon Islands

Wale petition case struck out

Cable work set to commence

Wale calls on Govt to fix Honiara water issue

Bintang accused of meddling with domestic politics

What's happening at SIBC?

Introducing ‘Stret Tok’

SIBC preps for 2018 NG Election

‘Talem Ting Ting’ program returns

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