Wantok FM
Wantok FM is a national radio station in the Solomon Islands, operated by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation.[1] It broadcasts from Honiara.[2]
The station has a partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, broadcasting the latter's programmes as well as its own.[3]
Wantok is a Pijin word which comes from the English "one talk", and means people who speak the same language, belong to the same culture, are friends and help one another out.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Country profile: Solomon Islands", BBC
- ^ "SIBC, Voice of the Nation", Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
- ^ "Media Room - Inside the ABC - Issue 16", Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- ^ "Wantok" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Jean-Marc Philibert, Musée de la civilisation, 2000