Kimmo Wilska

Kimmo Wilska (born August 5, 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 August 13, 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. http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/kotimaa.shtml/arkistot/kotimaa/2010/10/1204998. 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. http://www.finlandforthought.net/2006/03/19/also-on-radio-free-finland-tonight-kimmo-wilska-to-discuss-finlands-drug-policy/. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

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Name	Wilska, Kimmo
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Short description	Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) English news anchor and a political activist
Date of birth	August 5, 1956
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This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2011-04-26 of the equivalent article on the Finnish Wikipedia.