Up Helly Aa from Upholiday, the lowland Scots word for Twelfth Day, and was brought by them to the Shetland Islands in the 19th century. There is a main guizer who is dubbed the "Jarl". There is a committee which a person must be part of for 15 years before one can be a jarl, and only one person is elected to this committee each year. The procession culminates in the torches being thrown into a replica Viking longship or galley. The event happens all over Shetland and is currently celebrated at ten locations – Scalloway, Lerwick, Nesting and Girlsta, Uyeasound, Northmavine, Bressay,
BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Shetland is an opt-out service of BBC Radio Scotland, covering the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The station's studio is located in Pitt Lane, Lerwick. Radio Shetland has two programme slots, broadcast on Radio Scotland's Shetland frequency (92.7 MHz). It is also possible to listen through a Soundcloud page. A daily magazine programme, "Good Evening Shetland", is broadcast each weekday evening, which includes news and current affairs, weather, fishing reports and public debate. A weekly dedications programme - "Give Us A Tune" - is broadcast on Friday evenings. The Monday to Thursday winter schedule also contains items