The Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) is one of the two radio broadcasters in Fiji. It was known as Fiji Broadcasting Commission when it began. It traces its history back to 1935 when it first began operating under licence from the Posts and Telegraphs Department with the call sign ZJV. At the end of 1952, the Legislative Council passed the Broadcasting Commission Bill. The commission members were appointed in June 1953. On July 1, 1954, the Commission’s first programme was broadcast as part of the official opening ceremony.
In January 1998 the Fiji Broadcasting Commission was corporatised under the then Government’s public sector reform programme and renamed Island Networks Corporation Limited but in June 1999, the new Government also led to another change in name - this time to the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Limited. Today it operates 6 radio stations; two in each of the major local languages (Fijian, Hindustani, and English).
Radio Fiji One and Radio Fiji Two are classified public service broadcast stations governed under a contract between the government and the FBC which allows the government to "buy" airtime on both those stations as well as contributing towards its operations and costs. The other four stations are licensed under commercial which means its funded through advertisements in contrast to public media which is mainly funded by the government and the public. The CEO of FBC is Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, a former Fiji Television journalist as well as the younger brother of Fiji's Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.