English Radio in Finland

Saturday, 16 May 2009

Despite the absence of a dedicated expat’s radio station, foreigners living in Finland shouldn’t despair as many Finnish radio stations offer broadcasting in English.

YLE Mondo, a 24-hour radio channel available throughout Finland, is the foremost foreign-language broadcaster. It offers programmes in Danish, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Most of its programming comes from international radio services, including the BBC and National Public Radio.

Finland’s national broadcaster is also active in English on its other outlets. YLE broadcasts News in English daily on Radio 1 and News from Finland on Mondo is repeated on YLE Puhe, which also offers News in Plain Finnish – a broadcast with simplified language in slow speed.

Source:helsinki times