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SIEC Prepares for by-elections

Admin - September 14, 2020

Preparations are well underway for the North East Guadalcanal and Central Honiara constituencies by-election later this year. Chief Electoral Officer, Jane Waetara said, the Solomon ... 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

Aid

Australia provides SDB$71 million COVID-19 funding support to Solomon Islands

Admin - May 7, 2020

Australian High Commissioner to Solomon IslandsDr. Lachlan Strahan and Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele (center) The Australia Government has committed a SDB$71 million dollars ... Read More

Breaking News

Strong wind warning to Solomon Islands

Admin - April 6, 2020

Recent bad weather, West Guadalcanal|Photo: John Toki A strong wind warning is current for most of our waters, says the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services. The ... Read More

Breaking News

Taimareho ferry sea tragedy inqury soon

Admin - April 6, 2020

MV Taimareho 1 loading at the wharf last week |Photo Supplied. An inquiry into the tragic incident occurred during MV Taimahero's voyage to West Are'are, ... Read More

Audit Report

Central Province lauds for clean Audit Report

Admin - April 4, 2020

Central Islands Provincial flag Central Islands Province becomes the second Province to achieve a historic milestone in financial accountability, joining Isabel Province. This was announced ... Read More

Uncategorized

Sol2023 Futsal stadium construction soon

Admin - March 6, 2020

Dr. Jimmie Rogers and the Indonesian constructors The construction of the Sol 2023 South Pacific Games Multi-purposed hall futsal stadium will commence shortly. This was ... 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.