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Plasticwise Gizo wins Commonwealth award
Plasticwise Gizo has won two prizes in the recent Commonwealth Litter Programme, CLiP, The Pacific Litter challenge. The winners were announced yester...
February 19, 2019
SIFF to appeal OFC ruling
February 18, 2019
No nomination period extension
February 18, 2019

Politics

February 18, 2019
No nomination period extension
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission maintains candidate nomination period will not be extended. It says this is executed in accordance with the E...
February 15, 2019
SIEC approves additional nomination centres
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has yesterday approved additional nomination centres to be established at provincial headquarters throughout ...
February 14, 2019
Man arrested for registering 7 times
Police this week arrested a fifty year old man for electoral offences and allegedly providing misleading offences. The arrest was made after police re...

Solomon Islands

Plasticwise Gizo wins Commonwealth award
February 19, 2019
Plasticwise Gizo has won two prizes in the recent Commonwealth Litter Programme, CLiP, The Pacific Litter challenge. The winners were announced yester...
SIFF to appeal OFC ruling
February 18, 2019
No nomination period extension
February 18, 2019
Solomon Islands loses U17 WC Spot
February 16, 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

Plasticwise Gizo wins Commonwealth award

SIFF to appeal OFC ruling

No nomination period extension

Politics

No nomination period extension

SIEC approves additional nomination centres

Man arrested for registering 7 times

Solomon Islands

Plasticwise Gizo wins Commonwealth award

SIFF to appeal OFC ruling

No nomination period extension

Solomon Islands loses U17 WC Spot

What's happening at SIBC?

Introducing ‘Stret Tok’

SIBC preps for 2018 NG Election

‘Talem Ting Ting’ program returns

SIBC Multimedia

SIBC Podcasts: Famili blo Hana-Tafi earns $5000 from Kumara

SIBC Podcasts: Famili blo Hana-Money comes

SIBC Podcasts: Talem Ting Ting-Potential of resources 2

SIBC Podcasts: Talem Ting Ting-Potential of resources 1

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