Category: Communication

Breaking News

Cabinet to deliberate on whether to suspend Facebook or not soon

Sibc News - January 13, 2021

"Facebook will not be suspended." Read More

Choiseul Province

Coral Sea Cable marine survey ends

Admin - November 27, 2018

The RV Northern Endeavour spent three months in Solomon Islands.Photo supplied. The RV Northern Endeavour has returned to Honiara today, marking the completion of its ... Read More

Communication

Our Telekom 3G rural rollout expected to continue

Admin - January 2, 2018

An Our Telekom tower. Photo: SIBC Our Telekom has committed to moving forward with its nationwide rollout of 3G service to rural areas this year. ... Read More

Communication

NEGOTIATIONS WITH HUAWEI TO START

Sibc News - January 11, 2017

Huawei logo. Photo credit: The Register. Negotiation with the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei, for the implementation of the Solomon Islands submarine cable project ... Read More

Communication

ICTSU TO IMPROVE ITS CONNECTIVITY IN TOWN

Sibc News - September 19, 2016

Information Communication Technology. Photo credit: youict.blogsport The Information Communication Technological Support Unit (ICTSU) under the Ministry of Finance and Treasury is looking to improve its ... Read More

Communication

TINGOA MINI HOSPITAL LACKS WATER SUPPLY

Sibc News - June 27, 2016

Rennell-Bellona Province map. Photo credit: www.muezart.com The lack of fresh water supply is a major challenge for patients and workers of Tingoa Mini Hospital in ... Read More

Communication

MINISTRY OF LANDS TO HAVE NEW WEBSITE

Sibc News - May 2, 2016

The Court of Arms of Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey is current working on its new Website. Permanent ... 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.