WELY

WELY/WELY-FM
City Ely, Minnesota, U.S.
Broadcast area Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Arrowhead Region
Branding "End of the road radio"
Frequency 1450 kHz
94.5 MHz
First air date 1954
Format Classic rock
Power 770 Watts (AM)
ERP 6,000 Watts (FM)
HAAT FM: 100 meters (330 ft)
Class AM: C
FM: A
Facility ID AM: 5386
FM: 5385
Transmitter coordinates 47°53′40″N 91°51′50″W / 47.89444°N 91.86389°W / 47.89444; -91.86389Coordinates: 47°53′40″N 91°51′50″W / 47.89444°N 91.86389°W / 47.89444; -91.86389
Callsign meaning ELY, Minnesota
Owner Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
(Bois Forte Tribal Council)
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.wely.com

WELY (1450 AM and 94.5 FM) are radio stations based in the small town of Ely, Minnesota, United States. WELY serves the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of far northern Minnesota.

WELY studios

As of July 2015, WELY-FM switched to a classic rock format. The "front porch" studio is downtown, on E. Chapman Street. Both stations share a transmitter site south of town, behind Kawishiwi Lodge and Canoe.

History

WELY was owned by retired CBS broadcaster Charles Kuralt from 1995 to 1997, at which point it was purchased by Janice Nagel Erickson, a Twin Cities transplant. In 2005, it was purchased by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Bob Kelleher (February 20, 2005). "A new life for radio at the end of the road". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2008-02-21.


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