Wantok FM is a national

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station in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

, operated by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation. It broadcasts from

Honiara Honiara () is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. , it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lies ...

. The station has a partnership with the

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, 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."Wantok"
, Jean-Marc Philibert, Musée de la civilisation, 2000

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