Category: Church

RUAVATU MARKED ASSUMPTION OF MARY

Sibc News - August 16, 2016

The Ruavatu school billboard. Photo: Courtesy of panoramio.com Ruavatu Catholic Parish in Northeast Guadalcanal celebrated the feast day of the Assumption of Mary over the ... Read More

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YOUTH GATHERING ENDED SUCCESSFULLY IN NORTH MALAITA

Sibc News - July 30, 2016

A map of North Malaita. Photo credit: SIBC. A three days Youth gathering was successfully completed at Malu'u parish, North Malaita over the weekend. Themed ... Read More

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SI MARIST SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE 200 ANNIVERSARY

Sibc News - July 22, 2016

Marist logo. Photo credit: palestrasgeracao.blogspot.com The Marist Society of the Catholic Church in Solomon Islands will join other Marist societies throughout the world to celebrate ... Read More

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SIVB EMBARKED ON MARRIAGE TOURISM

Sibc News - July 13, 2016

SIVB Logo. Photo credit: SIVB. A gathering of several of the Solomon Islands' most eminent church elders has given 'in principle' support to a Solomon ... Read More

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KUKUM UNITED CHURCH MISSION COMPLETED PAUKALIA MISSION

Sibc News - July 5, 2016

Church symbol. Photo credit: commons.wikimedia.org A group from the Kukum United Church successfully carried out a religious mission to Paukalia village, Central Guadalcanal over the ... Read More

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CENTRAL SOLOMONS DIOCESAN BISHOP FACES PETITION

Sibc News - July 4, 2016

Petitions. Photo credit: thoughtfulcampaigner.org. Six Communicants of the Anglican Diocese of Central Solomons have together lodged a petition against the leadership of their Diocesan Bishop ... Read More

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MARY MAZZARELLO GRADUATED OVER 20 WOMEN

Sibc News - June 26, 2016

Graduation Hat. Photo credit: www.taghats.com The Mary Mazzarello Development Centre has graduated more than 20 women over the weekend. This is the fifth group of ... 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.