Yle Radio Suomi is a radio channel owned and operated by

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

'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 in 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. In 2003, the channel's music policy was shifted with the aim of attracting a younger audience. Yle Radio Suomi has consistently been Finland's most listened-to radio station, with a 44% overall audience share in 1999 and a 33% overall share (higher among older listeners) in 2013–2014."Kansallisen radiotutkimuksen tuloksia"
("National radio survey results"), Finnpanel (accessed 2014-03-24) (in Finnish).

References

*''This article includes material derived from its counterpart in the Finnish-language Wikipedia :fi:Yle Radio Suomi.''

External links

Official website
Yle radio stations {{Finland-media-stub