Yle Radio Suomi

Yle Radio Suomi
Broadcast areaFinland
FrequencyFM 93.1–100.3
Programming
Language(s)Finnish
FormatMusic and sport
Ownership
OwnerYleisradio
History
First air date
1 June 1990 (1990-06-01)
Former names
Rinnakkaisohjelma (1960–1985)
Kakkosverkko (1985–1990)
Links
Websiteareena.yle.fi/podcastit/ohjelmat/yle-radio-suomi

Yle Radio Suomi is a radio channel owned and operated by Finland's national public service broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle). The station's main focus is on music and sport, but it carries a variety of other programmes, including news and phone-ins, as well as up to eight hours a day of regional programming on weekdays (six hours on Saturdays). The channel is also noted for its live coverage of music festivals.

Yle Radio Suomi was established on 1 June 1990 – as part of Yle's restructuring of its radio channels – to be a national network bringing together the country's 20 regional stations. It is the legal successor of the former Rinnakkaisohjelma [fi] radio channel, originally established in 1960 as Yle's second national radio channel; later renamed Kakkosverkko (lit. Programme 2) in 1985. In 2003, the channel's music policy was shifted with the aim of attracting a younger audience.[1] Yle Radio Suomi has consistently been Finland's most listened-to radio station, with a 44% overall audience share in 1999[2] and a 33% overall share (higher among older listeners) in 2013–2014.[3]

  1. ^ Ala-Fossi, Marko (September 2009). "Finnish Radio in a Nutshell". University of Tampere. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
  2. ^ Ingomar Kloss, M. Abe, eds., Advertising Worldwide: Advertising Conditions in Selected Countries (Springer-Verlag, 2001), ISBN 978-3540677130, pp. 72-73.Excerpts available at Google Books.
  3. ^ "Kansallisen radiotutkimuksen tuloksia" ("National radio survey results"), Finnpanel (accessed 2014-03-24) (in Finnish).