Category: Tourism

LOCAL HOTEL OWNER CALLS ON S.I.V.B TO RESIGN FROM TAVANIPUPU

Sibc News - May 6, 2015

The Tavanipupu Island Resort. Photo credit: www.tripadvisor.com A hotel owner has called on the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau CEO to resign from the Board of ... Read More

Civil Society

M.M.F MAINTAINS STAND ON TAVANIPUPU ISSUE

Sibc News - May 5, 2015

The Tavanipupu Island Resort. Photo credit: www.tripadvisor.com The pressure group, Malaita Ma'asina Forum (MMF) has maintained its stand that the best way to deal with ... Read More

Investment

S.I.N.P.F SAYS HAVING TAVANIPUPU TITLE HELPS RECOVER INVESTMENT

Sibc News - May 4, 2015

The NPF logo. Photo credit: SIBC. The Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) says having the Tavanipupu Island Resort Limited (TIRL) title for the next ... Read More

Airlines

AIRLINES & S.I.V.B TO PROMOTE TOURISM THROUGH AIRLINE SERVICES

Sibc News - May 4, 2015

SIVB logo. Photo credit: SIVB. Solomon Airlines and the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau will stage a two edge role in promoting the Airline's Sydney-Honiara direct ... Read More

Solomon Islands

S.I.V.B EXPECTS SEVERAL EVENTS THIS YEAR

Sibc News - April 28, 2015

SIVB logo. Photo credit: SIVB. A number of events have been marked in the Solomon islands Visitor's Bureau calendar for 2015. The marketing manager of ... Read More

Honiara City

SUN PRINCESS ARRIVES IN HONIARA TOMORROW

Sibc News - April 23, 2015

The Sun Princess Cruise vessel. Photo credit: www.cruisemates.com A cruise boat carrying 2,000 passengers will arrive early tomorrow morning in Honiara. Marketing Manager of the ... Read More

China

SOLOMONS A POTENTIALLY GREAT TOURISM NATION: PM SOGAVARE

Sibc News - April 17, 2015

PM Sogavare with the Skyline Business Council delegation after their discussions. Photo credit: OPMC. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare describes Solomon Islands as a potentially great ... 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.