radio
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station in the
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...
, operated by the
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) is the official radio broadcaster of Solomon Islands. SIBC is self-defined as a public service broadcaster.Honiara.
Its stated purpose is not only to broadcast news but also to "promote a sense of national unity and Reconciliation", in the aftermath of violent civil conflict, "uphold the cultural values of Solomon Islands and create programs that meet the educational and informational needs of the listener".
In 2001, its weekday programme began at 6 AM with a broadcasting of the national anthem, followed by a ten-minute "morning devotion". Daily programmes included music, sports, and weather reports, as well as national and international news. International news was provided mainly through the rebroadcasting of programmes from the
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,
Radio New Zealand International
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and the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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's
Radio Australia
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. Some programmes were broadcasting in
English
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* English language
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, and others in
Pijin
Pijin (Solomons Pidgin or Neo-Solomonic) is a language spoken in Solomon Islands. It is closely related to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and Bislama of Vanuatu; these might be considered dialects of a single language. It is also related to T ...
. Specific programmes were broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays, including programmes with a religious focus on Sundays.
The name "Happy Isles" for Solomon Islands is based on a line in Tennyson's poem "Ulysses": "It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles". It was used as the title of a book about Solomon Islands by D.C. Horton (1966). The station's name was suggested by VSA volunteer training officer Hugh Young on his departure in 1976, but not adopted until a year or two later, by Station Manager Welshman Teilo. As a result, the "Happy Isles" was then widely adopted as a nickname for the whole country. It was used as the title of a 1999 book by Robert Seward, ''Radio Happy Isles: Media and Politics at Play in the Pacific''.SEWARD, Robert, ''Radio Happy Isles: Media and Politics at Play in the Pacific'', University of Hawaii Press, 1999, , pp. 234