Category: Government

First Fifty-six dual citizenship applications approved

Sibc News - February 22, 2021

The historic fifty-six successful applications for dual citizenship have been approved by the Solomon Islands Citizenship Commission. This is following the commencement of the Dual ... Read More

Breaking News

Micronesian countries decision to quit PIF undermines Pacific Diplomacy

Sibc News - February 15, 2021

PIF Member countries|Photo credit ABC Radio Australia The decision to quit the Pacific Islands Forum by the five Micronesian countries could potentially undermine Padific diplomacy. ... Read More

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ULMWP PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SIR PAUL TOVUA

Sibc News - February 9, 2021

Casket of the late Sir Paul in a state funeral at the National Parliament today. The United Liberation Movement for west Papua has paid tribute ... Read More

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Government pays tribute to Sir Paul Tovua

Sibc News - February 5, 2021

Sir Paul Tovua One of the country’s Statesmen and founding fathers, the late Sir Paul Tovua was call to rest 3.58 pm this afternoon at ... Read More

ADB

Government secured US170 million dollar loan from ADB

Sibc News - February 3, 2021

The Government through the Ministry of Finance has concluded a loan and grant negotiation of over 1-hundred seventy million US dollars with the Asian Development ... Read More

Advocacy

Japan, UNDP committed to fighting currption in Solomon Islands

Sibc News - January 24, 2021

UNDP, Japan, and Government officials during the agreement signing UNDP & Japan has sealed an agreement to Strengthen National Capacities in Government against corruption. The ... Read More

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South Choiseul by-elections sets for first quarter of this year

Sibc News - January 21, 2021

Polling day for Central Honiara Constituency by-election 2020. South Choiseul by-election is scheduled to be held during the first quarter of this year. A confirmed ... 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.