The Samoa Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) is a public broadcaster

Public broadcasting

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 in the South Pacific

Oceania

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 island country of Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

. Its operations are based in Mulinu'u

Mulinu'u

Mulinu'u is a small village situated on a tiny peninsula on Upolu island in Samoa. It became the site of the colonial administration in Samoa in the 1870s and continues to be the site for the Parliament of Samoa...

, Apia. SBC was created by an act of Parliament in 2003, replacing the old Western Samoa Broadcasting Department. This government entity include both the former Televise Samoa & Radio 2AP.

SBC Radio 1 and SBC FM

SBC Radio 1 (formerly Radio 2AP), 540AM, broadcasts news, talkbacks, entertainment, music and audio content in the Samoan language. It can be heard clearly in Niue, Tokelau and emails from Samoans in Alaska say they too get snatches of it. It is the radio station of choice in many American Samoa households as well as Samoa.

The SBC Radio 1 complex in Mulinu'u houses SBC Radio 1's operations, just next door to SBC TV. There is also SBC-FM, 88.1FM, which is an English language station delivering news, entertainment and music in the English Language. This station is housed inside the SBC TV compound, Mulinu'u.

SBC Television 1

SBC television, formerly Televise Samoa, reaches 95% of independent Samoa, getting blocked only by mountains at Uafato, Fagaloa.
SBC TV 1 is Samoa's national television station, currently broadcasting from 6AM to 12 Midnight. SBC TV 1 usually broadcasts local news and entertainment, plus news from New Zealand's TVNZ One News and the usual broadcasts from BBC

BBC

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 & ABC Australia during the morning and afternoons weekdays. In addition to funding from the Samoan Government, SBC's television programs are also funded by commercials.

Programming

Programming on SBC doesn't start at the exact times. A list of SBC television & radio schedules can be found in the Samoa Observer or the SBC Print Media, Lali. The content of SBC's programmes are at 45% for local programming while the remaining percentage content from overseas. The television channel broadcasts in both languages, Samoan & English.

• SBC TV 1 Tala Fou - Tala Fou is SBC's half-hour flagship news program which mainly reports on local news, broadcasting in English and Samoan, nightly at about 6:35PM, with Sunday's edition "the week in review" or "Otootooga O Tala Fou".
• O Le Lali - Daily half-hour discussion program in English and Samoan, weekdays at 5:35PM. Its format is usually deliberated on government notices and vacancies, death announcements and the 'infamous' singing of Happy Birthday wishes by the presenters.
• E Te Silafia? (Did you know?) - Half-hour informational program in Samoan about the different agencies and departments throughout Samoa. Seen weekly on a random night (usually Thursday) at 8PM.
• Tapuaiga Afiafi - A nightly, 5-10 minute curfew vigil prayer period in Samoa, presented in Samoan. Accented with pictures of Samoa, SBC broadcasts different church denominations each day of the week in observance of this quiet period in Samoa at the normal time of 6PM. The prayer is broadcast nightly at 6:10PM, sometimes replaced with a schedule of SBC programmes for the evening.
• Aitinae Samoa - Program on Samoa's agriculture.
• Va'a O Manu - Hour long religious discussion program, seen Sundays at 8PM.
• Starsearch - Along the same lines as American Idol
  American Idol
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   and sponsored by Coca Cola, it is SBC's annual contest to see who will be the next big star. A half-hour live program broadcast in English and Samoan, Sundays at 9PM.
• Golden Star - Similar to Starsearch, but featuring hits from the 1930s to 1960s. Presented when Starsearch is not seen, live Sundays at 9PM, in English and Samoan.
• SBC Hits - Music video program, presented in association with SBC-FM. Seen at random times.
• Tala O Le Ta'aloga - Samoan sports news magazine; seen Sundays at 5PM in Samoan and English. Presented live if New Zealand rugby games are scheduled.
• Ata Pu'upu'u - SBC's local archival footage and entertainment program; replays local comedy, old documentaries and other propgrams and material from the SBC archives.
• Faleula - A discussion panel programme discussed by high ranking chiefs in the different aspects and facts of the Samoan culture or way of life or the Fa'aSamoa.
• Neighbours
  Neighbours
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  is Australian soap opera is on SBC Weekdays at 8:30PM.
• Islanigo: The Need is South African soap opera is on SBC at 6:30PM.
• SBC Kids aired on SBC Mondays to Friday at 8:00 to 11:00pm and Saturday at 9:00am to 12:00pm and omnibus on Sundays.

External links

• University of Auckland's 2AP archive page
• Samoan Parliament: Samoa Broadcasting Corporation Act of 2003 (.pdf)