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SOPAGE DONATES SOLAR EQUIPMENT TO MOTHERS

Communities, Government, Guadalcanal Province, People, Projects, Top Headlines

June 22, 2014

Member of Parliament for North Guadalcanal Martin Sopage donated solar panels for mothers in Matanaso community in North Guadalcanal. SIBC’s str...

HEALTH AUTHORITIES TO LAUNCH TRACHOMA CAMPAIGN

Communities, Government, Healthcare, People, Top Headlines, Western Province

June 9, 2014

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services will launch its National campaign against Trachoma on Wednesday this week in Gizo, Western province. The t...

COMMUNITY TO HAVE PROPER WATER SUPPLY AFTER 28 YEARS

Communities, Development, Government, Malaita Province, People, Top Headlines

June 9, 2014

A community in East Are’are will soon have a proper water supply system, 28 years after its former supply system was destroyed by the Tropical C...

BSP HONIARA COMMISSIONED FIRST COMMUNITY PROJECT

Banks, Business, Communities, Development, People, Top Headlines

June 6, 2014

Bank South Pacific has successfully commissioned its first community project initiative at the Don Bosco Institution in Henderson, North Guadalcanal. ...

COMMUNITY MEDIA WOMEN WORKERS IN HONIARA TO TRAIN

Communication, Communities, Media, People, Top Headlines, Women, Workshops

May 27, 2014

Over thirty women working in community media and peace across the country are in Honiara this week, attending a UNDP-funded peace training. The partic...

CHIEFS EMBARK ON TACKLING ANTI-SOCIAL WAYS WITH BY-LAWS

Communities, Crime, People, Top Headlines

May 16, 2014

The Arao House of Chiefs in West Baelelea, North Malaita has taken an initiative to form and enforce by-laws in their community- an initiative to cut ...

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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.

For more on the history of radio in Solomon Islands click here: SIBC Stations

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