Yleisradio

The station's logo

Yleisradio [ ˈylɛi̯srɑdi̯ɔ ] (Yle), Swedish : Rundradion , is the public broadcaster of Finland . Yle was founded in 1926 and is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Nordvision , an association of state broadcasters in the Nordic countries .

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Yle transmitter 1939 with frequencies in kilohertz

history

Yleisradio was founded in Helsinki on May 29, 1926 . On September 9th of the same year the first radio program was broadcast. This day is still considered Yle's birthday today, although it was not heard extensively on the Lahti long-wave transmitter until 1928 . Yle took over existing radio clubs and developed a transmitter network so that over 100,000 households were reached in the early 1930s. In 1934 the broadcaster came into state hands and changed its name from OY Suomen Yleisradio - AB Finlands Rundradio to the shorter Oy Suomen Yleisradio and in 1944 to Oy Yleisradio .

On May 24, 1955, the first Finnish test television broadcast was conducted by students at Helsinki University of Technology . The broadcast was received by 13 people. In 1957, Yle started its first test broadcasts, the following year it began broadcasting continuously on Finnish television. Television quickly gained huge popularity in Finland, so in 1964 the station took over two competing channels and merged them into a second television channel called TV-ohjelma 2 .

organization

Main building of Yle in Helsinki, on the right the 120 meter high television tower

Yle reports to the Ministry of Transport and Information and is 99.9% state-owned , but is an independent organization that operates independently of the government. From 1926 to 2012, the establishment was financed to 90% from mandatory broadcasting fees (most recently 252.25 euros per household and year). Since 2013, the contributions have been levied in the form of an income-related tax (0.68%, but a maximum of 140 euros).

The head office of Yleisradio is in the district of Pasila in Helsinki , the second program Yle TV2 is in Tampere produces -Ristimäki. Smaller editorial offices are spread all over the country.

At the time of the Cold War , Yle was the only broadcaster besides the Austrian ORF to belong to both the western broadcasting organization Eurovision and the OIRT / Intervision , the former broadcasting association of the Eastern Bloc countries .

program

Yle operates four national television programs as well as six national and numerous regional radio programs. Since Finland is a bilingual country (6% of the population speak Swedish as their mother tongue), Yle also produces programs in Swedish in the two departments Finlands Svenska Television and Finlands Svenska Radio . News programs are also produced in English and Russian, and in the summer also in German. One of Yleisradio's most unusual radio shows is Nuntii Latini , a news program in Latin that was also broadcast on shortwave until 2006.

On March 31, 1993, the broadcasting of national radio programs on long wave was stopped, on December 31, 2006 the national / international programs on medium wave and the international programs on short wave were also ended.

watch TV

Yle Teema logo

General programs:

• Yle TV1 - Channel with news, current reporting, documentaries, cultural and educational programs and films.
• Yle TV2 - broadcasts primarily children's, youth and sports programs as well as entertainment programs. Regional reporting is another focus.
• Yle Teema - Channel for Culture, Education and Science. Recordings of performing arts, classical music, documentaries on art and history, films and thematic programs are broadcast.
• Yle Fem - (formerly YLE FST5) Swedish-language full program with news, entertainment, children's programs, Nordic films and series. Many programs are broadcast with Finnish subtitles.

Digital programs:

• TV Finland - digital channel in Sweden with a selection of programs from Yle.

HD program:

• Yle TV1 HD
• Yle TV2 HD
• Yle Teema HD
• Yle Fem HD

Other programs:

• Yle Teksti-TV ( teletext ) - with news, sports, traffic, weather and program information.

Former programs:

• YLE24 - Was a news channel for current reporting and broadcasting of events. The content was also made available via the Internet and for mobile devices (e.g. PDA). Was later called YLE Extra, but was then discontinued. Today the private broadcaster Liv is located at this station .
• YLE extra

Radio

Logo of Yle Radio Suomi

General programs:

• Yle Radio 1 - culture and information-oriented station with up-to-date, in-depth coverage of current events, talk programs as well as classical music (e.g. concerts by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra), jazz, folk, world music and religious music.
• YleX - music station (70% share), is aimed primarily at young adults (17 to 27 years old), plays current music as well as new regional and foreign pop and rock music. There are also music programs for special styles of music.
• Yle Radio Suomi - station for national and regional news and service information as well as sports and entertainment. Regional and foreign music is broadcast. There are 18 regional windows:

1. Helsinki
2. Hämeenlinna
3. Joensuu
4. Jyväskylä
5. Kajaani
6. Kemi
7. Kokkola
8. Kotka
9. Kuopio
10. Lahti
11. Lappeenranta
12. Mikkeli
13. Oulu
14. Pohjanmaa
15. Pori
16. Rovaniemi
17. Tampere
18. Turku

• Yle Puhe - "Word", follow-up program to YLE Radio Peili
• Yle X3M - Swedish-language youth radio with talks on current topics, popular culture as well as news, children's programs and sports reports. The music is made up of pop, rock and special directions.
• Yle Vega - Swedish-language information and cultural program, is aimed at a broad target group. The music consists of pop, jazz and classical music. There are five regional windows:

1. Huvudstads regions
2. Vastnyland
3. Åboland
4. Ostrobothnia
5. Ostnyland

• Yle Sámi Radio - a Sami-language radio station serving Northern Lapland . The station is being developed in cooperation with Sweden and Norway.

Digital programs:

• Yle Klassinen - broadcasts classical music. It is also broadcast via digital television.

International programs / services:

• Yle Mondo (worldwide via satellite ) - digital service in English and other languages.

Other programs:

• Training channels in Turku , Kuopio , Lahti and Mikkeli .

Former programs:

• YleQ - Features, political shows and programs on popular culture for young adults. The broadcast was analogue in the Helsinki area, digital in the south of Finland and on digital television.
• YLE Radio Peili - program for news and current reporting, broadcasts talk programs from the other Yle TV and radio stations as well as classic jazz. The transmission also takes place via digital television and analogue via medium wave.

• YLE Radio Finland (worldwide on short and medium wave ) - international broadcaster, broadcast in Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French, Russian and a news program in Latin. The short and medium wave broadcasts were discontinued on December 31, 2006.
• Capital FM - Sender combined parts of YLE World and YLE Mondo (in the capital region and partly in Turku, Lahti and Kuopio)

See also

• Broadcasting station
• List of TV channels

Web links

Commons : Yleisradio  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (Finnish, Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Finland Year Book 1939/40, p. 298
2. ^ Finnish broadcast history
3. ↑ Laki valtioneuvoston oikeudesta luovuttaa yleisradiotoimintaa varten valtiolle hankittu omaisuus osakeyhtiölle (216/1934)
4. ^ Yleisradio: Ylen historia . Retrieved January 23, 2016 (Finnish)
5. ↑ IRIS Merlin: Law on the Financing of Public Service Broadcasting.Retrieved May 30, 2013
6. ↑ YLEisradio: Financing . Accessed May 30, 2013
7. ^ Yleisradio: This is Yle . Accessed October 7, 2012