Category: Guadalcanal Province

CABINET APPROVED ADDITIONAL MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19

Admin - October 12, 2020

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare delivering his COVID-19 nation wide address Cabinet has approved additional response measures under the current Emergency Regulations in light of the ... Read More

2019 Election

Provincial election results out

Admin - June 13, 2019

A voter casting her vote during this week's provincial elections. Results and counting for the nationwide Provincial election is now currently underway. Western province now ... Read More

Development

SI may ban round log exports by 2023

Admin - June 8, 2019

A logging operation in the Western Province. Solomon Islands is looking at putting a complete stop to round log export by 2023, says Prime Minister ... Read More

Entertainment

Jaro Local wins International award

Admin - May 24, 2019

Jaro Local displaying his award. Photo: Jaro Local FB page. Solomon Islands very own Jeremy Saeni, known by his stage-name 'Jaro Local' has won the ... Read More

Government

Wale loses case against Governor General

Admin - May 24, 2019

Honourable Matthew Cooper Wale. Photo credit: Solomon Islands Parliament. The Hight Court has today ruled that the Civil Case number 244 between Hon. Matthew Wale ... Read More

Government

New Cervical cancer vaccine launched

Admin - May 15, 2019

A young school girl getting the first vaccination today. The Ministry of health and medical services has launched the new Human papilloma virus in Honiara ... Read More

Environment

Logging activity threatens Honiara’s water source

Admin - May 9, 2019

Logging activities near the Kogulai water source. Photo: Solomon Water. Logging activity at the Kongulai upstream area has sparked investigations by Solomon Water. A statement ... 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.