March 2020 – Page 3 – SIBC | Voice of the Nation

Locals in Canada safe from COVID-19 to date

Admin - March 20, 2020

Solomon Islands Honorary Consul General to Canada Mr. Ashwant Dwivedi Solomon Islands nationals in Canada are safe with no reported cases of Coronavirus affecting them. ... Read More

Breaking News

Third COVID-19 suspected case tested negative

Admin - March 20, 2020

COVID-19 Results of the third suspected Coronavirus case of Solomon Islands underwent testing in Australia this week has tested negative. The Ministry of Health and ... Read More

Breaking News

‘Coronavirus not here’, says Health authority

Admin - March 13, 2020

Health Minister, Hon. Dickson Mua and Health Permanent secretary, Pauline McNeil There has been no confirmed case of coronavirus in the country, says the Ministry ... Read More

Breaking News

Kuma denounces SIPA employees claims

Admin - March 13, 2020

Finance Minister, Hon. Harry Kuma The Minister for Finance and Treasury, Hon. Harry Kuma has denounced comments made by some workers of Solomon Islands Ports ... Read More

Breaking News

Landslide tragedy claimed lives, search on for missing people

Admin - March 13, 2020

Homes in Sahalu, West Guadalcanal destroyed by landslide and flooding Two people are confirmed dead and six still missing at Lambi, West Guadalcanal as a ... Read More

Aviation

Aviation’s ‘Radio outreach program’ launched

Admin - March 10, 2020

The National Government through the Ministry of Communication and Aviation has launched its historic 'Outreach Radio Program' today in Honiara. Director of Communication, Ministry of ... Read More

Weather

Heavy rain warning

Admin - March 10, 2020

Flooded Lunga River A heavy rain warning has been issued for the country. The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service said the heavy rain alert is now ... Read More

HISTORY

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.