Timeline 1957 founded Oy Mainos-TV-Reklam Ab which was the first commercial television in Finland 1980 established the Iltalehti afternoon newspaper 1993 commercial television channel MTV3 got it's own channel place 1997 Radio Nova, the first commercial national radio, begins broadcasts 1998 Alma Media Group officially begins operating See also List of Finnish television channels TV4 (Sweden) External links Alma Media - Official site