Category: Honiara City Council

Breaking News

“Ministry of Home Affairs negligence of HCC disappointing” says Wale

Sibc News - March 5, 2021

"Cavalier and cowboy manner". Read More

Breaking News

WALE CALLS FOR DISSOLUTION OF HCC

Sibc News - March 3, 2021

"I was caught in the trap.” Read More

Breaking News

Wale calls on government to be serious about addressing HCC’s corruption allegations

Admin - June 13, 2020

Leader of the official Opposition, Hon. Mathew Wale Opposition Leader-Hon. Matthew Wale is calling on the government to take appropriate actions to address the serious ... Read More

Honiara City Council

HCC warns illegal market vendors

Admin - April 2, 2020

Honiara City Clerk Rence Sore|Photo suplied The Honiara City Clerk, Rence Sore, urges all Honiara residents to respect the ban currently imposed on all illegal ... Read More

Healthcare

Bottled water products safe : HCC

Admin - August 9, 2019

Health Division of the Honiara City Council has quickly condemned media reports which claimed most bottled water products sold by shops are not safe ... Read More

2019 Election

Mamae elected as new Honiara Mayor

Admin - June 4, 2019

City Clerk Charles Kelly congratulating the Mayor elect Cr. Wilson Mamae, and officially handing over the keys of the Mayor's office. Photo: HCC. Honiara City ... Read More

2019 Election

Honiara City Council election results out

Admin - May 24, 2019

HCC logo. Photo credit: www.honiaracitycouncil.com The Honiara City Council has declared winning councillors for its 11 wards. The elected councillors include Solomon Saii Leonard for ... 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.