Matti Rönkä retired from his long career as a news anchor last year. Now he returned to the TV screen.
Matti Rönkä returned to TV screens on Saturday night. Matti Matikainen
Yle’s longtime news anchor Matti Rönkä, 65, returned to TV screens on Saturday evening. Rönkä started Yle TV1 Let’s hang out– as a judge of the quiz show.
A lump in your ear Let’s hang out– in the third production season of the previous judge, Riku Rantala. Jenni Poikelus continued as host of the program.
– Good evening, welcome to the live broadcast. This is Hengaillaan, Matti Rönkä said at the beginning.
Rönkä retired from his news anchor role last February. Rönkä received resounding applause when Poikelus introduced him to the audience.
Next to Matti Röngä in Hengaillaa, the program features host Jenni Poikelus on Saturdays. Matti Matikainen
– Who else but the legendary Matti Rönkä, Poikelus planned.
Poikelus and Rönkä initially joked about Rönkä’s background.
– I have understood that you have done such live broadcasts before, Poikelus said.
– Well, more than five thousand, but less than ten thousand, said Rönkä to this.
Let’s hang outin the format, various corners of the world are estimated and questions related to them are answered. Later, Rönkä also threw a reference related to his long-term Yle career, when he opened the clues of the first target to the competitors.
– More detailed explanations of these rhymes can be found on the website of my former, and with this program also for a while, my current employer, Rönkä said.
When Matti Rönkä anchored Yle’s news for the last time on February 28, the broadcast reached a whopping 1.3 million viewers, according to Yle’s data.
Let’s hang out on Yle’s TV1 channel on Saturdays at 9 p.m. and at Yle Areena. See all TV programs and broadcast times in Telku’s TV guide.