Wantok FM is a national radio station in the Solomon Islands, operated by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation. It broadcasts from Honiara.
The station has a partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, broadcasting the latter's programmes as well as its own.
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.
References
- "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
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