Radio Rock is a Finnish rock music radio station, owned by Nelonen Media, a part of the media group Sanoma.
Radio Rock's broadcasting began on January 1, 2007, at 0.00, with the official spoken programs beginning on January 15, 2007. The first song that the station played was Metallica - Master of Puppets. Radio Rock's hosts are mostly former Radio City and YleX personnel, like, for example, Klaus Flaming, Jussi Heikelä, Aki Linnanahde and Jone Nikula. Radio Rock's official mascot in its commercials is called "rockrooster."
Radio Rock began its broadcast on the Internet on July 2nd, 2007.
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