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Yleisradio (YLE), or the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation, is a national publicly-funded radio and television broadcaster based in Finland, it was founded in 1926. It operates five national television channels and thirteen radio channels and services complemented by 25 regional radio programmes. The Finnish public broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Yleisradio shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC.Yleisradio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee, which is allocated by the Finnish Parliament. Its status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation.
One of the best known international service of YLE is Nuntii Latini, news in Latin, broadcast worldwide and also available over the Internet.
Finlands Svenska Television is the Swedish language department of YLE.
1 Television
- YLE TV1 The news, current affairs and factual journalism channel, documentaries, drama, cultural and educational programmes. Satirical entertainment, quality cinema and British production.
- YLE TV2 The main channel for children's, teenagers' and sport programmes, also drama, entertainment and factual programmes. Emphasis in current affairs output is on domestic items, regional content and citizens' journalism.
- Digital Channels
- YLE24 The digital channel for news, current affairs and events. 24-hour news output also to e.g. internet and mobile receivers.
- YLE Teema The digital channel for culture, education and science. Recordings of performing art, classical music, art and history documentaries, films and theme broadcasts.
- YLE FST The digital Swedish-language full service channel broadcasting news, factual and children's programmes and entertainment. Nordic films, series and serials.
- International Channels
- TV Finland Digital satellite channel showing a selection of YLE and MTV3 progammes.
- Other
- Teletext (Teksti-tv) News, sport and programme information round the clock on both analogue and digital television. Theme pages e.g. on the weather, traffic, work and leisure.
2 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.
- YLEX A fast-tempoed programme-flow channel featuring new music and in tune with popular culture, targeted at 17-27-year-olds. Percentage of music 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.
- YLEQ Everyday features, politics and popular culture of interest to young adults. Analogue reception area Greater Helsinki and environs, digitally the South of Finland. New and fairly new pop and rock. Broadcast also on digital television.
- YLE Radio Extrem (RADIO X3M) A Swedish-language channel for for current affairs debate and popular culture broadcasting also news, children's programmes and sport. New pop and rock and special music programmes.
- YLE Radio Vega News, current affairs and culture in Swedish for all audience groups, also offering culture and regional programmes. Adult pop, jazz and classical music.
- Sámi Radio A Sámi-language network covering northern LaplandLapland (also Sapmi) is the area traditionally inhabited by the Sami people. It is located in Northern Europe and includes the northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola peninsula in Russia. Only a minority part of the Sami group is working w. A joint network with SwedenSveriges Television Ford Special Vehicle Team Supraventricular tachycardia. and Norway.
- Digital Services
- YLE Radio Peili The digital news and current affairs channel presenting talk programmes from YLE's other radio and television channels. Classical jazz. Also broadcast on digital television.
- Ylen Klassinen The 24-hour digital supplementary service of classical music also broadcast on digital television.
- YLE VegaPlus
- International Services
- YLE Radio Finland The external service of YLE broadcasting in Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian on SWSW or sw may stand for: Southwest Shortwave Software Star Wars Swahili language ( ISO 639 alpha-2, sw Lists of two-letter combinations., MW satellites and on the Internet.
- YLE World and YLE Mondo Radio Finland's digital programme services in English and other main languages.
- Capital FM channel compiled from Radio World's and Mondo's programming in Greater Helsinki, and partly in Turku, Lahti and Kuopio.
- Educational Channels: in Turku, Kuopio, Lahti and Mikkeli.
- See also
- List of Finnish television channelsThis is a list of television channels broadcasting to Finnish- and Swedish-language audiences in Finland. Typically, non-Finnish content is subtitled, retaining the original language soundtrack. Non-Finnish programming intended for children is, however, u
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