Category: Top Headlines

Missing fishermen from Temotu repatriated from Vanuatu

Sibc News - March 19, 2021

Five fishermen from Temotu Province who drifted for 24 nights at sea finally repatriated to Honiara today via the Australian Royal Airforce. The men from ... Read More

Breaking News

AstraZeneca Vaccines arrives in Honiara

Sibc News - March 19, 2021

The AstraZeneca Vaccines through the COVAX facility has finally arrived in the Solomon Islands. The vaccines were received by the Minister of Health and Medical ... Read More

Advocacy

UNDP Solomon Islands supports the country in developing ‘Right to Information framework’

Sibc News - March 17, 2021

The United Nation Agencies are committed to supporting the Solomon Islands Government in developing a Right to Information framework. This aims to empower individuals and ... Read More

Breaking News

COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine arrives Friday

Sibc News - March 17, 2021

Main points: -AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive this Friday -First 24,000 doses free of charge provided by the COVAX facility -People’s Republic of China to provide ... Read More

Breaking News

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

Pillaging people’s Tubi trees

Sibc News - March 15, 2021

Villagers fight to reclaim stolen logs from Gov’t & Asian logger AT Korona logging base on San Jorge island in Solomon Islands’ Isabel province, the ... Read More

Australia

APTC & SINYC establishes virtual youth empowerment hub

Sibc News - March 12, 2021

APTC and SINYC members during a media briefing about the virtual hub. The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) has for the first time started a ... 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.