A strange situation happened on Yle morning broadcast on Thursday.
Tommy Fränti read Yle’s morning news on Thursday. Yle’s image service
Yle’s morning – program’s live broadcast saw an embarrassing moment on Thursday morning. News anchor on the air Tommy Fränti54, told about the gathering of the Jef countries on Thursday in Helsinki. The meeting is hosted by the president Alexander Stubb57,.
Fränti made contact in front of the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, where a Yle reporter was on the end of the video call Petri Raivio47.
– Good morning, Petri! Fränti wished on the air.
However, Fränti did not get an answer from Raivio, who stood silently and stared at the camera. The deep silence lasted about eight seconds.
– Petri, if you can hear, that Jef meeting will be held there in the Presidential Palace, but during this meeting, President Stubb is currently discussing at his official residence in Munkkiniemi the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s with. Why is this bilateral meeting being held right now? Fränti tried to continue the transmission.
Fränti was still unable to contact Raivio, who was standing still. After about nine seconds of silence, the connection to Raivio was disconnected.
– Apologies to the viewers, the connection to the Presidential Palace does not work. Petri doesn’t hear questions. Let’s try again later, Fränti apologized.
More than fifteen minutes later, Fränti successfully contacted Raivio. Yle’s content manager Katri Mannonen tells Iltalehte what caused the poor connection of the broadcast.
– We had a technical problem with the voices, that’s why the first live was not successful, commented Mannonen.
The story was edited on 26.3. at 18:58: Corrected Katri Mannonen’s title from content producer to content manager.
