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Construction preparations for 2023 Pacific Games sport facilities on track

Sibc News - January 18, 2021

NHA Executive Director Chris Nieng Preparations for the constructions of the 2023 Pacific Games sport facilities are currently on schedule. National Hosting Authority (NHA) Executive ... Read More

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Land ownership affects climate change relocations

Sibc News - January 18, 2021

Director of the Climate Change Division Hudson Kauhiona The country’s plan to relocate communities threatened by sea level rise may face opposition from the very ... Read More

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Cabinet to deliberate on whether to suspend Facebook or not soon

Sibc News - January 13, 2021

"Facebook will not be suspended." Read More

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$1.2 million PRC funds still at the Central Bank

Sibc News - January 11, 2021

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare The $1.2 million fund from the People's Republic of China (PRC) is currently at the Central bank of Solomon Islands. Prime ... Read More

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Wale calls to halt UK repatriation flight

Sibc News - January 7, 2021

Opposition Leader Mathew Wale Leader of Opposition Hon. Mathew Wale calls on the government to halt repatriation plans for the United Kingdom (UK) as the ... Read More

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NEW EDUCATION BILL TO GO BEFORE PARLIAMENT

Sibc News - January 7, 2021

High level Education delegation including the Education Minister, Hon. Lannelle Tanagada and her permanent Secretary Dr. Franco Roddie. The new Education bill is expected to ... Read More

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CAPTAINS OF DETAINED VESSELS FACES SUSPENSION

Sibc News - January 6, 2021

Loading of building materials during the festive season. About ten ships were detained during the festive season Operation Safe Boat. Director of the Solomon Islands ... 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.