Category: SIFF

SIFF set to conduct MA Youth Futsal course

Admin - September 18, 2020

SIFF Futsal Development Officer Dickson KadauCredit: SIFF The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) will conduct a MA Youth Futsal Course next week. SIFF Futsal Development ... Read More

Australia

Matildas ends tour with historic win

Admin - August 16, 2019

The Westfield Junior Matildas end their 'Pacific Step Up' tour with a 14-0 win over the Solomon Islands Women's national U-19s yesterday afternoon at Lawson ... Read More

OFC

Bilikiki edges closer to WC

Admin - June 19, 2019

James Naka goes for a bicycle kick against New Caledonia. Photo: OFC. The Solomon islands Bilikiki Beach soccer team are edging closer to the world ... Read More

Honiara City

Rijsbergen eyes hot prospect Leai

Admin - May 9, 2019

Rafael Leai in action against New Zealand. Photo: OFC. Solomon Islands national team coach, Wim Rijsbergen has indicated his interest of calling up Raphael Le'ai ... Read More

FIFA

SI second in UEFA tournament

Admin - May 4, 2019

The squad pose for a team photo after the match. Photo: Moses Toata. The Solomon Islands U-17 national team finished second in the UEFA ... Read More

FIFA

SI back in the world cup

Admin - May 4, 2019

Rafael Leai in action against New Zealand. Photo: OFC. The country's National U-17 team will now participate in this year's U-17 World Cup in Brazil ... Read More

FIFA

Bilikiki boys set for Beach Soccer comeback

Admin - April 16, 2019

James Naka in action for the Bilikiki boys. Photo: FIFA. The official draw of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019 will take place between ... 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.