Category: Aviation

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

Aviation

International Airport upgrade project to begin next year

Admin - December 9, 2018

Honiara International Airport. The Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands His Excellency Shigeru Toyama has announced the Honiara International Airport upgrading project will begin February next ... Read More

Aviation

Govt call on drone users to apply for permit

Admin - August 28, 2018

Photo: sloebie.com People using drones in the country must apply for permit and certification from the Civil Aviation department, Ministry of Communication and Civil Aviation. ... Read More

Aviation

Munda airport to be completed by June

Admin - March 12, 2018

Munda International Airport. Photo: SIBC The country's second international airport, the Munda airport in New Georgia, Western Province, is nearing completion. Permanent Secretary of the ... Read More

Aviation

Solomon Airlines re-opens Santa Cruz service

Admin - March 14, 2017

Solomon Airlines has re-opened all services to Santa Cruz, Temotu Province. Citing land dispute issues as the reason for the initial suspension, an airline spokesman ... Read More

Airlines

DASH 8 RESUMED FULL OPERATIONS

Sibc News - June 14, 2016

Solomon Airlines logo. Photo credit: Solomon Airlines. Solomon Airlines has announced its Dash 8 aircraft resumes full domestic service as of last Friday. The aircraft, ... Read More

Airlines

SUMSUM’s ACTION SERIOUS: SIR NATHANIEL WAENA

Sibc News - June 7, 2016

PAP current President Sir Nathaniel Waena. Photo credit: SIBC. For an individual to hold the country at ransom is a very serious matter, says former ... 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.

Category: Aviation

Aviation’s ‘Radio outreach program’ launched

International Airport upgrade project to begin next year

Govt call on drone users to apply for permit

Munda airport to be completed by June

Solomon Airlines re-opens Santa Cruz service

DASH 8 RESUMED FULL OPERATIONS

SUMSUM’s ACTION SERIOUS: SIR NATHANIEL WAENA