Category: Communities

HAUHUI CONSTITUENTS RAISED DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS

Sibc News - April 8, 2015

A map of Malaita Province. Photo credit: SIBC. People of Hauhui in West Are'are, Malaita province have raised concerns over the distribution of constituency development ... Read More

Communities

MANAWAI HYDRO REPAIR STILL A PRIORITY: HENRY KAHUI

Sibc News - April 7, 2015

A simple diagram of a hydro power system. Photo credit: www.fplsafetyworld.com Manawai Hydro Power System in East Are'are is in the priority list of the ... Read More

Climate Change

GOV’T QUESTIONED ON CLIMATE CHANGE PLANS

Sibc News - April 5, 2015

A taro garden in Sikaiana, which is also experiencing the effects of Climate Change on these gardens. Photo credit: SIBC. Member of Parliament for Aoke ... Read More

Communities

BREAKDOWN OF MANAWAI HYDRO POWER SYSTEM CAUSED PROBLEMS

Sibc News - April 5, 2015

A simple diagram of a Hydro Power System. Photo credit: www.fplsafetyworld.com Breakdown of the Manawai Hydro Power System in East Are'Are has made life difficult ... Read More

Budgets

2015 NATIONAL BUDGET DUBBED “PEOPLE’S BUDGET”

Sibc News - April 2, 2015

Inside the National Parliament. Photo credit: National Parliament of Solomon Islands. Finance Minister Honourable Snyder Rini describes the 2015 national Budget as the 'People's Budget'. ... Read More

Communities

COMMUNITIES TO BENEFIT FROM CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISORS

Sibc News - April 2, 2015

Water. Photo credit: www.nanotechmag.com Communities across the Solomon Islands will be better able to construct and maintain their own water systems with the support of ... Read More

Agriculture

LOCAL FARMERS BENEFITED FROM BEE KEEPING WORKSHOP

Sibc News - April 2, 2015

A 130 Queen Bees had been imported from Western Australia in 2014. Photo: Courtesy of SIBC. Up to 60 people have been trained in beekeeping ... 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.