Category: Commonwealth

Commonwealth Day Celebrated

Admin - March 9, 2020

Commonwealth Day is celebrated around the globe today. The Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II has sent her Commonwealth Day message over the weekend. ... Read More

Breaking News

Sir David Vunagi Knighted

Admin - October 17, 2019

His Excellency Sir David Vunagi shaking hands with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after being knighted with the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and ... Read More

Commonwealth

PM Houenipwela meets Prince Charles

Admin - April 19, 2018

The Prime Minister met Prince Charles at Clarence House. Photo: OPMC Press Secretariat Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela paid a courtesy visit to the Prince of ... Read More

Commonwealth

SENIOR STATESMAN QUESTIONED SI-AUSTRALIA SECURITY DEAL

Sibc News - July 26, 2016

Former Governor-general Sir Nathaniel Waena. Photo credit: Secretariat of the Commonwealth. A senior statesman and former Governor General, Sir Nathaniel Waena says the security deal ... Read More

Awards/Recognitions

YOUNG NOLAN FOCUSES ON YOUTH ISSUES FOR LONDON VISIT

Sibc News - June 12, 2016

The Queen's Young Leaders Award logo. Photo credit: www.opportunitiesforafricans.com The 2016 Queen's Young Leaders Award winner, 26-year-old Nolan Salmon Parairua wants to raise a number ... Read More

Commonwealth

BLC STARTED HEARING INTO ANTI-CORRUPTION BILLS

Sibc News - April 20, 2016

National Parliament of Solomon Islands. Photo credit: Synexe. The Parliamentary Bills and Legislation Committee begins its first hearing into the Anti-Corruption Bill 2016 and the ... Read More

Britain

PARLIAMENT & BRITISH HIGH COM MARKED COMMONWEALTH DAY

Sibc News - March 14, 2016

Commonwealth logo. Photo credit: Twitter.com The National Parliament and the British High Commission today hosted a half-day event to celebrate the Commonwealth Day which falls ... 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.