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
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; -91.86389
Callsign meaning	ELY, Minnesota
Owner	Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	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.

These station was branded as "End of the Road Radio", offering quirky, eclectic, community-oriented programming. WELY broadcast a wide range of material, from traditional polkas to rock music to zany wilderness "shout outs" for people camping in the surrounding wilderness.

As of July 2015, WELY-FM switched to a primarily "classic rock" format, competing directly with KQDS' 106.7 signal based in Babbit. The reception has been primarily negative, leading to a dramatic decrease in market share and revenues.

The "front porch" studio is downtown, at 133 E. Chapman Street. The broadcast studio is just inside the front window. It's not unusual for visitors to just walk in, and soon find themselves on the air. 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

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

External links

WELY website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WELY

Radio-Locator Information on WELY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WELY

Query the FCC's FM station database for WELY

Radio-Locator information on WELY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WELY

Radio stations in the Iron Range market area

(Market includes Hibbing, Grand Rapids, Virginia, and Ely)

By AM frequency	650 1240 1320 1340 1450

By FM frequency	88.7 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.9 94.5 95.1 95.3 96.1 96.9 97.9 98.3 99.9 101.3 101.7 102.9 103.9 104.1 105.5 105.5 106.3 106.7 107.3

By Callsign	KAOD KADU KAXE KBAJ KGPZ KMFG KMFY KOZY KRBT K209DS K236AD K237CE K280AT K281AB K297AD WELY WELY-FM WEVE-FM WHPJ WIRN WIRR WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WQRN WTBX WUSZ W221AU W237AO W252AN W267AO W269AC W288AI

Nearby radio markets Bemidji Brainerd Duluth–Superior International Falls Rainy River Thunder Bay See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

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