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Yle Vega

Swedish-language Finnish radio station

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Swedish-language Finnish radio station

Field	Value
name	Yle Vega
logo	Yle Radio Vega Intro.png
area	Finland
airdate
former_names	Riksradion (1961–1997)
Yle Radio Vega (1997–2016)
format	Full service
language	Swedish
owner	Yleisradio
website

Yle Radio Vega (1997–2016)

Yle Vega (prior to 1 September 2016 – Yle Radio Vega) is a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in the Swedish language. It is operated by Finland's national public service broadcaster Yle, and broadcast news, current affairs, culture and music targeting mature audiences, complements Yle's other Swedish-speaking service, Yle X3M, which targets youth-audiences. It was launched in 1997, replacing Yle's previous full-network service for Swedish-speakers, , which was founded in 1961.

, Yle Vega had a technical reach of 83% of Finns older than 9 years old. The daily reach of it and Yle X3M together was 3% of the population over age 9 in 2010, making them together the 10th largest radio "channel" in Finland at the time.

The music played by the station emphasizes Finland-Swedish music, and thus the station features little music with either Finnish lyrics or a focus on the Finnish culture. Much of the playlist is, however, taken by larger Swedish acts rather than smaller Finland-Swedish artists.

Regional stations

Yle Vega also broadcasts regional content for five regions. These regions are:

Vega Huvudstadsregionen: Finnish Capital Region, based in Helsinki (Helsingfors) and also available in other parts of Finland
Vega Västnyland: Western Uusimaa (Nyland), based in Raseborg (Raasepori)
Vega Östnyland: Eastern Uusimaa, based in Porvoo (Borgå)
Vega Österbotten: Ostrobothnia, based in Vaasa (Vasa)
Vega Åboland: Southwest Finland and Åland, based in Turku (Åbo) - Radio Vega's remit does not include coverage of events on Åland, since broadcasting there is a reserved matter for the autonomous provincial government in Mariehamn. Åland has its own public service radio and television service, Ålands Radio och TV.

References

"Finnpanel - Kansallinen Radiotutkimus".
(2011). "Small Among Giants: Television Broadcasting in Smaller Countries". Nordicom.
(2013). "Public Service Media from a Nordic Horizon: Politics, Markets, Programming and Users". Nordicom.
Harrie, Eva. (2012). "Public Service Media in the Nordic Countries: Facts & Figures". Nordicom.
(2014). "Mapping Digital Media: Finland". Open Society Foundations.
(2019). "From audio broadcasting to video streaming: The impact of digitalization on music broadcasting among the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland". Journal of European Popular Culture.

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