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

Government to ratify the Bunkers Convention

Admin - August 11, 2020

Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Culvic Togamana The government has approved the ratification of the Bunkers Convention recently The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... Read More

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SINU: ‘Proposed strike action is illegal’

Admin - August 11, 2020

"I am not going to allow that to happen." SINU Council Chairman Dr. Culvick Togamana. Read More

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Makira provincial Government reconciled with SIG

Admin - August 11, 2020

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met with the Makira Provincial Premier and Makira Chiefs. |Photo: PM Press The Makira Ulawa Provincial Government had formally apologized to ... Read More

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Australian High Commissioner officially visited PM Sogavare

Admin - August 5, 2020

Australian High Commissioner Dr. Lachlan Strahan's official meeting with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare|Photo by GCU The Australia and Solomon Islands have openly deliberated on issues ... Read More

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FFA’s Ministerial virtual meeting tomorrow

Admin - August 5, 2020

Manumatavai-Tupou-Roosen| Photo Supplied The Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial teleconference meeting is due to be held tomorrow, (Thursday 06/08/2020). Top of the agendas is the impacts ... Read More

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‘TSI article misleading’ says Kuma

Admin - August 4, 2020

"TSI article is not only misleading but als‌o ‌factually‌ ‌incorrect,‌ malicious‌ , ‌and‌ ‌unbecoming‌ ‌of‌ ‌an‌ ‌organization‌ ‌that‌ ‌promotes‌ ‌itself‌ ‌as‌ ‌the‌ ‌beacon‌ ‌of‌ ‌transparency."‌ ... Read More

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Jane Waetara sworn-in as new Electoral Commission’s CEO

Admin - August 4, 2020

Sir David congratulates Mrs. Waetara soo after her swearing-in ceremony|Photo GCU Jane Waetara has been sworn-in as the new Chief Electoral Officer of the Solomon ... 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.