Category: Diplomacy

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PRC first Ambassador officially welcomed

Admin - September 19, 2020

"The storm has been weathered. We know how to steer the boat. It will only make this relationship stronger”. Read More

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China supports Solomon Islands’ fight against COVID-19

Admin - April 1, 2020

Chinese national flag The Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has donated three-hundred thousand US dollars to the Solomon Islands Government yesterday. A ... Read More

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New British High Commissioner to SI welcomed

Admin - December 16, 2019

His Excellency Dr. Brian Jones Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare, MP has welcomed the new British High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Dr. ... Read More

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Sisilo, new SI High Commissioner to Australia

Admin - December 3, 2019

His Excellency Robert Sisilo, Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Australia His Excellency Mr. Robert Sisilo has been appointed as the High Commissioner-designate of the Solomon ... Read More

Culture

GG VISITED COLLEGE OF ARMS IN LONDON

Admin - October 16, 2019

Solomon Islands Coat of Arms The Governor General, His Excellency, Sir David Vunagi has appreciated the process of design and granting of Coat of Arms ... Read More

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China to continue with CDF funding; ‘Not in Cash!’

Admin - October 15, 2019

The People's Republic of China (PRC) will continue to support the country's development projects, Rural Development Funds (CDF). This was an assurance from the Solomon ... Read More

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SI recognises ‘One-China Principle.’

Admin - October 15, 2019

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare upon his return from China. The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has arrived this afternoon from a ... 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.