The Audio Legacy of Finnish Radio: An Exploration of Key Factors in the Preservation of Radio Sound Collections

In this article, I chart the development of Finland’s national broadcaster Yleisradio Oy in its media historical context, with a focus on key factors and events that have affected long-term preservation archiving radio related sound recordings Finland. order to understand propose apply framework comprising three main parts. also archival history recorded collections is best understood through chronological approach reveals sequential, often overlapping periods company’s historic timeline. Such overlap are found use lacquer discs production long after introduction magnetic reel tapes 1939, but 1990s simultaneous analogue digital technology. conclude an analysis enabling preventing broadcaster’s audio heritage, attention many ‘little things’ allowed sounds past be available archive today.