Media|Retired news anchor Keijo Leppänen hosted his last news broadcast on Monday evening.
on MTV a news anchor with a decades-long career Keijo Leppänen hosted his last newscast on Monday evening. The last program of the retiring anchor was the channel’s traditional news at ten in the evening.
In honor of his last broadcast, Leppänen had donned a personalized bow made of real flowers.
Anchor pair Maija Lehmusvirta asked at the end of the broadcast how retirement feels.
“I am amazed, moved and extremely grateful. Thank you, dear viewers, for the decades with you and with me. Your time is valuable and you could have spent it in other ways than watching the news. I appreciate your choice”, Leppänen stated.
“It may be that there will be a slight qualitative drop in commenting on the reductions,” he joked afterwards.
Leppänen’s former anchor pair, finally retired Pirjo Nuotio appeared as a surprise and escorted him off the screen.
Alder has hosted MTV news for 30 years. According to Leppänen’s calculations, about 9,500 transmissions have been accumulated with 20 different anchor pairs.
Leppänen started his career as a journalist straight out of high school. From 1981, Leppänen worked for various newspapers until he moved to MTV in 1993.
Leppänen has been MTV’s regular news anchor since 1996, when Kymp’s news Kaj Lindén retired.
“Those were the last moments to go into that job. In his early thirties, he is still flexible enough to accept such a significant change in the work environment. There is a very positive feeling in the news team, but in the fast rhythm of the day, there was first time to learn,” Leppänen described in an interview with HS in 2020.
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