September 2020 – SIBC | Voice of the Nation

SIG is committed to solving Philippine students visa/passport issues

Admin - September 30, 2020

COVID-19 oversight committee members during a press conference. The government is committed to solving visa and passport issues facing local students in the Philippine. A ... Read More

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HEAVY PENALTIES NEEDED FOR ILLEGAL LOGGERS

Admin - September 29, 2020

Alligator Creek Log-pond, Guadalcanal Heavy penalties must be put in place for bogus investment like loggers continuously breaking the country’s laws. Leader of Opposition Hon. ... Read More

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45 years old man sentenced for abusing wife

Admin - September 24, 2020

A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 8 months’ imprisonment for domestic violence –physical abuse charges at the magistrate court this morning. Joel Tute on ... Read More

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Coronial Inquest into the Tasahe bomb blast; 2 deaths

Admin - September 24, 2020

Police investigation team at the explosion scene|Photo supplied. A Coronial Inquest into the death of two expatriates at their residence last week will be brought ... Read More

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PRC first Ambassador officially welcomed

Admin - September 19, 2020

"The storm has been weathered. We know how to steer the boat. It will only make this relationship stronger”. Read More

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Suidani respond to nine Malaita MPs

Admin - September 18, 2020

"They have seen fit to label my call for a referendum illegal as if they were the court." Read More

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SIFF set to conduct MA Youth Futsal course

Admin - September 18, 2020

SIFF Futsal Development Officer Dickson KadauCredit: SIFF The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) will conduct a MA Youth Futsal Course next week. SIFF Futsal Development ... 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.