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Headlines

Rape suspect arrested in Taro
Police at Taro in Choiseul Province have arrested a 19-year-old male for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl at Taro Station last week. Provincial Poli...
October 17, 2018
“It is unconstitutional, dissolve Parliament”
October 16, 2018
Cuban scoping team discovers medicinal plants in Solomon Islands
October 16, 2018

Politics

October 16, 2018
“It is unconstitutional, dissolve Parliament”
President of the People’s Progressive Party Charles Dausabea has criticized the Electoral Commission’s decision against conducting a by-el...
October 16, 2018
“Traditional governance bill needs more time”
The conversation on traditional governance is important and should not be rushed into legislation. Dr. Joseph Daniel Foukona from the University of th...
October 15, 2018
More workers to join Australia’s seasonal workers scheme
The Australian Government expects to see more workers from Solomon Islands join the country’s seasonal workers scheme. Australian High Commissi...

Solomon Islands

Rape suspect arrested in Taro
October 17, 2018
Police at Taro in Choiseul Province have arrested a 19-year-old male for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl at Taro Station last week. Provincial Poli...
“It is unconstitutional, dissolve Parliament”
October 16, 2018
Cuban scoping team discovers medicinal plants in Solomon Islands
October 16, 2018
“Traditional governance bill needs more time”
October 16, 2018

What's happening at SIBC?

‘Talem Ting Ting’ program returns
September 18, 2018
‘Talem Ting Ting’ Program returns to the national airwaves starting today Tuesday 18th September. The series will bring out people’s...
‘Famili blo Hana’ heating up the airwaves
August 22, 2018
SIBC farewells CEO
July 20, 2018
SIBC financial report for 2017 clear
April 8, 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

Rape suspect arrested in Taro

“It is unconstitutional, dissolve Parliament”

Cuban scoping team discovers medicinal plants in Solomon Islands

Politics

“It is unconstitutional, dissolve Parliament”

“Traditional governance bill needs more time”

More workers to join Australia’s seasonal workers scheme

Solomon Islands

Rape suspect arrested in Taro

“It is unconstitutional, dissolve Parliament”

Cuban scoping team discovers medicinal plants in Solomon Islands

“Traditional governance bill needs more time”

What's happening at SIBC?

‘Talem Ting Ting’ program returns

‘Famili blo Hana’ heating up the airwaves

SIBC farewells CEO

SIBC financial report for 2017 clear

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