Category: Politics

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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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Suidani respond to nine Malaita MPs

Admin - September 18, 2020

"They have seen fit to label my call for a referendum illegal as if they were the court." Read More

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“SUIDANI’s ACTIONS IRRESPONSIBLE”

Admin - September 17, 2020

Recent protest by Malaitan last month |Photo by Wilson Saeni (Solomon Star, Auki) The nine Malaita Members of Parliament within the DCGA government have condemned ... Read More

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Wale slams government over Philippine students situation

Admin - September 15, 2020

“It is unimaginable what they have been put through and I can only hope that the ordeal will go away soon.” Read More

Church

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

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Wale calls for constructive dialogue with Malaita province

Admin - September 9, 2020

Leader of the Opposition Mathew Wale |Photo supplied. The Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has called on to the government to visit Malaita Provincial ... Read More

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M-4-D call for reinstatement of Malaita Provincial Secretary Frederick Fa’apasua

Admin - September 8, 2020

Malaita protesters at the Auki town following the removal of Frederick Fa'apasua |Photo by Wilson Saeni (Solomon Star Auki) The Pressure group-Malaita for Democracy (M4D) ... 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.