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One UN Pacific Website launched

admin - October 17, 2020

Virtual launch of the one UN Pacific website launch|©Photo by Vanuatu Daily Post The United Nations Organisation and its agencies in the Pacific has this ... Read More

Government

‘Strata Titles Bill 2017’ goes through Second Reading

admin - August 2, 2018

The National Parliament of Solomon Islands. The 'Strata Titles Bill 2017' has gone through its Second Reading in Parliament today. Winding down debate on the ... Read More

Entertainment

Politics, youth and music: A young Solomon Islander’s view

admin - August 2, 2018

Floyd Manata. Floyd Manata 35, is a graduate teacher living in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea for around twenty years. He is from Malaita Province, ... Read More

SIBC Multimedia

SIBC Podcasts: The next 40 years for Solomon Islands

admin - August 2, 2018

Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela The theme for Solomon Islands' 40th Independence anniversary this year was 'Redirecting our journey for the next 40 years.' Prime Minister ... Read More

Government

Government must maintain its numbers in Parliament: Dr Sikua

admin - August 2, 2018

Leader of the Parliamentary Independent Group Dr Derek Sikua. Photo credit: Solomon Islands Parliament. It is incumbent upon the Government bench to maintain its numbers ... Read More

Business

5 Tips About How to Write a Premium Resume like an Expert

admin - December 23, 2016

The most recent couple of years have seen the advancement of the resume. To such an extent that employment seekers now procure proficient resume journalists ... Read More

Life Style

Top Most Beautiful Places You Must Visit in Your Life

admin - December 23, 2016

The world is delightful. It is loaded with awesome spots that the majority of us don't know they truly exist. From great waterfalls, and lost ... 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.