This is how Yle replaced Maria Jungner – 2024-04-05 16:17:22

Maria Jungner died suddenly at the age of 50 a month ago. Jungner worked at Yle for a long time as a TV announcer, and his death also left a gap in the work community.

Yle remembered the long-time and well-liked TV announcer with a flag of mourning and a special memorial announcement. Yle’s arrangements for compensating Maria Jungner’s contribution have now also been resolved. Yle has not hired a new TV announcer to replace Jungner.

tv-kuuluttajaa Maria Jungnerin tilalle."/>Yle has not hired a new TV announcer to replace Maria Jungner. Down Liesimaa

– We have arranged things so that those who previously did fewer announcing shifts now take more of them. Announcements are mainly made by acquaintances Anna-Liisa Tilus, Nina Sevelius and Gedi LindahlYle’s marketing manager Hannu Haapasalo messaged to Iltalehti.

TV announcer colleagues also remembered Maria Jungner in their Women’s Day publication.

– With a picture taken a few years ago, our small team of announcers (+Minna) would like to wish everyone a Happy International Women’s Day. Also to dear Maria there at the edge of the cloud, colleagues wrote.

Maria Jungner had a long, more than 20-year career as a TV announcer at Yle. Jungner’s career as an announcer started at Yle in 1998. Jungner also hosted Yle’s Ykköskatsomo program.

During his career, Jungner also made radio programs. In 2013, he got his self-titled talk show on Yle Puhee.

Maria Jungner’s death has touched many, including her ex-spouse Mikael Jungner and a friend Marianne Heikkilä have remembered Maria Jungner in interviews with Iltalehti.

– We were soul sisters who met in adulthood. We had a lot of things about death and loss that brought us to our knees. Maria miraculously appeared in my life and wanted to keep in touch, Marianne Heikkilä described.

Maria Jungner’s funeral was in the middle of March.

– I hear your laugh and your voice when I close my eyes. I feel your love and warmth. I’m waiting for your rates to ring. I will always love you. I will always miss you, sister Saara wrote about Maria Jungner in her Instagram post.

The IL archive is also a source.