Finnish Broadcasting Corporation YLE celebrated its 80th anniversary on Saturday. One of the biggest news of the day was opening of YLE’s archives on the internet. “The Living Archive” has sound- and video material from the 80 years of the company’s existence. They are even promising material under the caption “Eurovision now and then”. For the time being you can watch some of Lordi’s winning moments online, as well as some of the Welcome home –party in Helsinki right after the ESC victory. The archive information is available in Finnish and Swedish only. YLE.FI/elavaarkisto

YLE also started a new Eurovision radio show on Monday 11 September. Eurovision Radio will be on the channel Radio Suomi weekly on Mondays at 19.45 lasting 10 minutes. At the run-up to the Eurovision final it will go daily. The show will report on the progress of the preparations, history of the contest and everything else around ESC.

First show can be listened at Radio Suomi website(Finnish only) Owing to a copyright dispute over music on the internet, the shows online have been edited not to include any music. Mr. Lordi gets interviewed despite his being in bed with a cold, and tells how he has had barely a day’s rest since the victory in Athens. He is also reflecting his disbelief in Lordi's victory before the contest. Mr. Lordi also tells, that they have not lost any of their pre-ESC fans, but gained loads of new ones after the victory.

Source: YLE