Wallu Valpio
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Jani Petteri "Wallu" Valpio (born 7 September 1973 in Jyväskylä
) is a Finnish media personality. Valpio began his career as a member of the musical group Arto Muna ja Millennium Orkesteri. He then hosted the Never Trust a Hippie programme on the free cable-channel MoonTV
and later other music-themed programmes, such as annual Festival Specials and Videoraati (the channel's take on Levyraati
). After the cancellation of MoonTV he appeared on the YLE show Elämä pelissä (Life on the Line).
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...
) is a Finnish media personality. Valpio began his career as a member of the musical group Arto Muna ja Millennium Orkesteri. He then hosted the Never Trust a Hippie programme on the free cable-channel MoonTV
MoonTV
MoonTV was a free Finnish cable network channel. It started off as a channel for programmes about computer and video games but later grew into a channel covering several areas of youth culture. In its prime it was the first interactive TV channel in the world. At its best MoonTV could reach 1.3...
and later other music-themed programmes, such as annual Festival Specials and Videoraati (the channel's take on Levyraati
Levyraati
Levyraati was a Finnish television show which ran from the 1961–1992 originally on YLE and starting from 1992 on MTV3. It was based on the British Juke Box Jury....
). After the cancellation of MoonTV he appeared on the YLE show Elämä pelissä (Life on the Line).