Category: Business

‘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

Breaking News

Government to deliberate on Stimulus Package next week.

Admin - April 18, 2020

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare adressing the Nation on COVID-19 updates. The Solomon Islands Government is preparing a stimulus package to cushion the negative ... Read More

Business

SICCI facilitates lockdown excemption for businesses.

Admin - April 16, 2020

Jay Bartlett SICCI Chair man The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) is facilitating the exemption process for companies and businesses providing essential ... Read More

Banks

Bred Bank offers loan relief package to customers

Admin - April 2, 2020

Bred bank staff BRED bank has offered a relief package to its personal loan to customers as of yesterday in the face of the coronavirus ... Read More

Business

SICCI calls on members to brace for tough times ahead

Admin - April 2, 2020

SICCI Chairman Jay Bartlette|Photo supplied. The Solomon Islands Chamber of commerce and Industry (SICCI) has called on its members to brace for tough times ahead. ... Read More

Breaking News

Government finalised ‘Price Control’ mechanism

Admin - March 24, 2020

National Parliament of Solomon Islands The National Government has finalized its ' Price fixing' mechanism to control essential goods and services in the country. This ... Read More

Agriculture

MAL to ban pork products import

Admin - February 17, 2020

Biosecurity Director Francis Tsatsia sharing ASF information to the private sectors during an information-sharing session last week. A total ban to all pork products imported ... 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.