Radio Rock is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 rock music

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 radio station, owned by Nelonen Media, a part of the media group Sanoma.

Radio Rock's broadcasting began on January 1, 2007, at 0.00, with the official spoken programs beginning on January 15, 2007. The first song that the station played was Metallica

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

 - Master of Puppets

Master of Puppets

-Personnel:Metallica* James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on track 1, first solo on tracks 2 and 7* Cliff Burton – bass, backing vocals* Lars Ulrich – drums* Kirk Hammett – lead guitarProduction...

. Radio Rock's hosts are mostly former Radio City and YleX personnel, like, for example, Klaus Flaming

Klaus Flaming

Klaus Flaming is Finnish radio host. He began his radiocareer in YLE, in 1988, as personnel of the Finnish radio channel Radiomafia. He worked there from the channel's founding to its end....

, Jussi Heikelä, Aki Linnanahde

Aki Linnanahde

Aki Linnanahde is a Finnish television and radio personality. He began his career in a sport channel, Sport FM, owned by Harry Harkimo. When it merged with Radio City in 2003, Linnanahde moved with it....

 and Jone Nikula

Jone Nikula

Antti Joonas "Jone" Nikula is Finnish television and radio personality and a jack-of-all-trades in the music industry. He became well-known as a judge in the TV show Idols. He is the only judge to appear in all the seasons of Idols...

. Radio Rock's official mascot

Mascot

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...

 in its commercials is called "rockrooster.

Rooster

A rooster, also known as a cockerel, cock or chanticleer, is a male chicken with the female being called a hen. Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerels...

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Radio Rock began its broadcast on the Internet on July 2nd, 2007.

Programs

Radio Rock's most popular program is called "Heikelä-Linnanahde Corporation", which is broadcasted on weekdays from 6.00 to 11.00. The Corporation's hosts are Jussi Heikelä and Aki Linnanahde. The program focuses on speaking and studio guests. It also includes The Question of a Thousand Dollars, where it is possible to win one thousand dollars.

The Dayshift of Rock is broadcast between 11.00 - 14.00 and its host is Marce Rendic. Usually, the program includes the day's question, which can be answered on Radio Rock's website.
The Afternoon of Rock's broadcasting time is 14.00 - 18.00, and its compère is Jani Juntunen. There is also a DJ-guest. People can vote on "Iron" or "Rubbish" on the songs.

The Evening of New Rock is hosted by Jone Nikula and Marce Rendic. Nikula is there from Monday to Tuesday, between 18.00 - 20.00 and Marce hosts from Wednesday to Friday.

The weekday's last program is hosted by Klaus Flaming, between 20.00 - 22.00. Flaming's playlist genres change from day to day.

Weekends see Marce or Osku Nurmi in the studio. The Attitude for Weekend program is broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays from 10.00 - 20.00. On Saturdays, songs requested by people are played.

Klaus Flaming playlists

• Monday - "60s - 70s rock" - 1960s and 1970s rock, particularly progressive rock
  Progressive rock
  Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
  
   is played.
• Tuesday - "Two Themes of Rock" - The songs are connected somehow, for example the themes can be contrasts to each other.
• Wednesday - "Melodic Metal" - Mainly traditional heavy metal
  Heavy metal music
  Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
  
   is played.
• Thursday - "Modern Metal" - Usually newer heavy metal subgenres
  Genre
  Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
  
  is played.
• Friday - "Weekend Start" - Miscellaneous rock songs, without any single theme.

Competitions and other stuff

• A Question of Thousand Dollars
• Foreplay school
• Triple-Double Solo
• The Absolute Truth
• The Definition of Rock
• Gay or straight?
• The best song when drunk
• Iron or Rubbish?
• Saturday sauna
• Rock-Club
• Reveal a Summer City
• Ask what you like!
• Remix
• Radio Rock Reload
• What The F*ck