Kimmo Wilska

Kimmo Wilska (born 5 August 1956 in Helsinki) is an English-speaking Finnish newscaster. He worked at YLE from 1985 until 2010 in YLE's morning broadcast, and read the English-language news on YLE News.

On 13 October 2010, Wilska was fired after pretending to be caught drinking beer on camera following an alcohol-related news story. The stunt was too much for YLE, and Wilska was immediately fired. Wilska is known to have previously finished the 2009 Christmas newscast wearing a Santa Claus hat. Wilska received much support from viewers after the incident, and the clip of the gag became an Internet meme amongst Finnish YouTube users.^[1]

Wilska has also been politically active as one of the early members of the Green League^[2] and as a member of the Finnish Cannabis Association.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Nyrhinen, Minna (14 October 2010). "Yleltä potkut saaneen olutankkurin fanisuosio kasvaa" (in Finnish). MTV3. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ Phil, Schwarzmann (19 March 2006). "Also on Radio Free Finland tonight, Kimmo Wilska to discuss Finland's drug policy". Finland for Thought blog. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

External links

YouTube clip of the beer bottle gag
Kimmo Wilska at YLE's Elävä Arkisto Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[MTV3-1] Nyrhinen, Minna (14 October 2010). "Yleltä potkut saaneen olutankkurin fanisuosio kasvaa" (in Finnish). MTV3. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[2] Phil, Schwarzmann (19 March 2006). "Also on Radio Free Finland tonight, Kimmo Wilska to discuss Finland's drug policy". Finland for Thought blog. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

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