Category: Politics

Wale calls to halt UK repatriation flight

Sibc News - January 7, 2021

Opposition Leader Mathew Wale Leader of Opposition Hon. Mathew Wale calls on the government to halt repatriation plans for the United Kingdom (UK) as the ... Read More

Accessories

WALE QUESTIONED MOVE TO SACK MEWA FROM FORESTRY PORTFOLIO

Sibc News - December 21, 2020

Opposition Leader Mathew Wale Opposition Leader, Mathew Wale calls on the Prime Minister to explain the reasons ... Read More

Breaking News

‘OUR LAST SOIL POCKETS’ PART III: APID DEREGISTERED FROM WEST RENNELL

Sibc News - December 3, 2020

The Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) has been de-registered from the West Rennel Land Parcel No. 298-005-1 as the title holder effective as of October ... Read More

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“ESP should be implemented by responsible ministries”

Sibc News - December 3, 2020

East Areare MP, Hon. Peter Kenilorea Junior The Economic Stimulus Package implementation shouldn’t be implemented by the Prime Minister’s office as being the highest office ... Read More

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OUR LAST SOIL POCKETS PART II _TAX EXEMPTION

Sibc News - December 3, 2020

-More than hundred shipment of bauxite mining shipped out -The country still benefiting from the Rennel Mining (CBSI) -West Rennell Mining Tenement deregistered from APID ... Read More

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SOPE Extension is Concerning

Sibc News - December 1, 2020

Peter Kenilorea Junior, MP for East Areare Constituency and member of the opposition group The extension of the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) for the ... Read More

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‘OUR LAST SOIL POCKETS’ PART I

Sibc News - November 26, 2020

-“The Rennel bauxite mining operation was ‘messed up’ from the start. -“Who is going to feed our generations to come?” -“What’s left for us after ... 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.