Pekka Gronow

Pekka Heikki Tapani Gronow (born 1 November 1943, Helsinki) is a Finnish ethnomusicologist and historian of the recording industry.

He was the head of the record library[2][3] at Yleisradio (Finnish Broadcasting Company) 1989–2006 and an archiving specialist 2007–2008.

Gronow became known in the 1960s for his radio programs on jazz and blues.

He has written books and articles on popular music, communications and the history of the recording industry.

He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (2002) and the Fredrik Pacius award of Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland (2018).

M. A. Numminen , Unto Mononen and Pekka Gronow in 1968.