Category: Sports

Government committed to Sports Development in Solomon Islands

Sibc News - March 16, 2021

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has visited the Solomon Islands Institute of Sports (SIIS) to witness first-hand the progress on the work of the first-ever dedicated ... Read More

Breaking News

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

Breaking News

Burglars caught on CCTV camera under investigation

Admin - September 15, 2020

Burglars caught on CCTV Camera |Photo: Simon Abana (SIFF) Suspects who broke-in the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Office and stole items early this morning ... Read More

Athletics

Guadalcanal teens shocked Firisua

Admin - August 22, 2020

12 Years old Purity Fakafu recieving her gold Medal from Acting President of Athletics Solomons Nelson Kabitana alongside Sharon Firisua. The two Guadalcanal female teen ... Read More

Breaking News

Henderson Eels winning streak continues

Admin - August 15, 2020

Raphael Lea’i and Laugu player contesting for the ball The Henderson Eels F-C has thrashed Laugu United with seven unanswered goals in the opening match ... Read More

Breaking News

TSL enters R2

Admin - August 14, 2020

Laugu FC goal-scoring machine, Gagame Feni set to lead his side against Henderson Eels in round two of TSL. |Photo by Danzo Photography Four great matches ... Read More

Sports

Waita confident on U-17 boys

Admin - October 19, 2019

Under 17 soccer team celebrating Solomon Islands head coach and former national rep, Stanley Waita is confident his boys will compete competitively at the world ... 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.