Yle - Radio

Radio

  • Yle Radio 1: A radio channel for culture, in-depth current affairs and talk programmes. Classical music (concerts by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra), jazz, folk, world music and religious music.
  • Yle X: A fast-tempo programme-flow channel featuring new music and in tune with popular culture, targeted at 17 to 27-year-olds. Percentage of music is 70%. New domestic and foreign pop and rock and several special music programmes.
  • Yle Radio Suomi: The national and regional news, service and contact channel, also sport and entertainment. Musical fare comprising domestic and foreign hits, adult and nostalgic pop.
  • Yle Puhe (formerly Yle Radio Peili): The news and current affairs channel presenting talk programmes from Yle's other radio and television channels. Classical jazz. Also broadcast on digital television.
  • Yle Extrem: The Swedish-language youth channel for current affairs debate and popular culture, broadcasting also news. New pop and rock and special music programmes.
  • Yle Vega: News, current affairs and culture in Swedish for all audience groups, also offering culture and regional programmes. Adult pop, jazz and classical music.
  • Yle Sápmi: A Sami-language network covering most of Lapland. Co-operation with SVT and NRK.
Digital services

Yle will phased out DAB broadcasts by the end of 2005. Two DAB channels continued to be available as DVB audio services. DVB.

  • Yle Klassinen: The 24-hour digital supplementary service of classical music also broadcast on digital television.
  • Yle VegaPlus
International services
  • Yle Finland: The external service of Yle broadcasting in Finnish, Swedish and Russian. The channel comprises today two satellite audio networks available in Europe only, as part of the transmission of television. Until early 2012 YLE was available on satellite worldwide (except South America and Africa), but closed those channels in Januarya 2012. Short and medium wave services closed down in 2006.
  • Yle Mondo Broadcasts in English and other languages, mostly compiled from international radio services. YLE Mondo is available on FM in Helsinki and throughout the country as an audio attached to Digital TV.
See also
List of Finnish television channels

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