Klaus Flaming (born 1958, in

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) is Finnish radio host. He began his radio career in

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, in 1988, as personnel of the Finnish radio channel

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. He worked there from the channel's founding to its end. From 1990 to 2006 Flaming hosted a

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on Radiomafia and

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called " Metal Alliance". He made 772 broadcasts of the program. In January, 2007, Flaming moved from Yle to a channel called

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, owned by Nelonen Media. He hosts his own show from Monday to Thursday, from 20.00 - 22.00. In this program, there is a theme for each day's broadcast.

External links

Radio Rock - Klaus Flaming
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