Category: Civil Society

‘It must be fulfilled within this nation’: public prioritises ACB

Admin - November 9, 2017

Members of civil society march to the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to deliver a petition on retabling the anti-corruption bill on Sep. ... Read More

Civil Society

Civil society continues call for anti-corruption bill

Admin - October 8, 2017

The civil society committee leads a meeting on responses to the Anti-Corruption Bill withdrawal last month Civil society organisations in the country continue to pressure ... Read More

Civil Society

ADVOCACY GROUP CONCERNED OVER BAUXITE SAGA

Sibc News - January 18, 2017

A Bauxite stone. Photo credit: Fine Minerals online. The Solomon Islands Indigenous People's Human Rights Advocacy Association (SIIPHRAA) has raised concern over media reports on ... Read More

Civil Society

RENBEL MINING AGAIN UNDER SPOTLIGHT

Sibc News - January 5, 2017

Mining on Rennell Island. Photo credit: SIBC. Solomon Islands Indigenous People Human Rights Advocacy Association (SIIPHRAA) has strongly questioned the national government and Renbel province ... Read More

Australia

WE WON’T ACCEPT SECURITY DEAL WITH AUSTRALIA: MMF

Sibc News - July 30, 2016

President of PPP Charles Dausabea. Photo: SIBC. Pressure group, the Malaita Ma'asina Forum (MMF) has said it will not accept Australia's security deal with Solomon ... Read More

Civil Society

MMF CONDEMNED NPF CHAIR’s COMMENTS ON SIPA REFORMS

Sibc News - March 27, 2016

Charles Dausabea. Photo credit: SIBC. The Malaita Ma'asina Forum strongly condemns the National Provident Fund (NPF) board chairman, Peter Boyers for his media comments on ... Read More

Civil Society

GOV’T TOLD TO EQUIP LABOUR DIVISION

Sibc News - February 6, 2016

President of PPP Charles Dausabea. Photo: SIBC. President of the Malaita Ma'asina Forum (MMF) Charles Dausabea has called on the Government to equip the Labour ... 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.