Solomon Islands - Culture

Culture

In the traditional culture of the Solomon Islands, age-old customs are handed down from one generation to the next, allegedly from the ancestral spirits themselves, to form the cultural values of the Solomon Islands.

Radio is the most influential type of media in the Solomon Islands due to language differences, illiteracy, and the difficulty of receiving television signals in some parts of the country.

Radio - The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) operates public radio services, including the national stations Radio Happy Isles 1037 on the dial and Wantok FM 96.3, and the provincial stations Radio Happy Lagoon and, formerly, Radio Temotu. There are two commercial FM stations, Z FM at 99.5 in Honiara but receivable over a large majority of island out from Honiara, and, PAOA FM at 97.7 in Honiara and 107.5 in Auki, and, one Community FM Radio Station - Gold Ridge FM on 88.7.

Newspapers - There is one daily newspaper Solomon Star (www.solomonstarnews.com) and one daily online news website Solomon Times Online (www.solomontimes.com), 2 weekly papers Solomons Voice and Solomon Times, and 2 monthly papers Agrikalsa Nius and the Citizen's Press.

TV - There are no TV services that cover the complete Solomon Islands, but satellite TV stations can be received. However, in Honiara, there is a free-to-air channel called 'One Television', and rebroadcast ABC Asia Pacific (from Australia's ABC) and BBC World News. As of Dec 2010, residents could subscribe to SATSOL, a Digital Pay TV Service, re-transmitting Satellite Television.

Solomon Islands writers include the novelists Rexford Orotaloa and John Saunana and the poet Jully Makini.

See also: Music of the Solomon Islands

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