Category: Laws

SIEC Prepares for by-elections

Admin - September 14, 2020

Preparations are well underway for the North East Guadalcanal and Central Honiara constituencies by-election later this year. Chief Electoral Officer, Jane Waetara said, the Solomon ... Read More

Court

Panga: ‘A freeman’

Admin - September 19, 2019

Former Guadalcanal Premier, Steven Panga. Former Premier of Guadalcanal Province, Stephen Panga has worked out of the Honiara Central Magistrates Court a free man this ... Read More

2019 Election

Saitala warns candidates

Admin - July 16, 2019

Mose Saitala. All candidates who contested this year's National General Election have until this Saturday 20th July to file their Statement of Account or face ... Read More

Government

Wale petition case struck out

Admin - July 12, 2019

Hon. Matthew Wale. Photo: Solomon Star. The High Court today struck out the petition case filed against the Leader of Opposition Group in Parliament Hon ... Read More

Government

Bintang accused of meddling with domestic politics

Admin - July 8, 2019

Bauxite mining on Rennell. Photo: new York Times. The Bintang Mining Company (BMC) in Renbel province has been accused of meddling in the province's domestic ... Read More

Government

The Right Reverend Vunagi officially sworn in as Governor General

Admin - July 8, 2019

Reverend Vunagi during the swearing in ceremony today. Photo: Today Solomons Magazine. The elected Governor General-Right Reverend His Excellency David Vunagi was officially sworn in ... Read More

Honiara City

Botanical Garden land under threat

Admin - July 3, 2019

The entrance to the Honiara Botanical Gardens The Lands Tender Board of the Ministry of Lands and Ministry of Forestry are in consultation on the ... 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.