WELY

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WELY
City of license Ely, Minnesota
Broadcast area Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Arrowhead Region
Branding End of the Road Radio
Frequency 94.5 MHz
1450 kHz
Format Community radio
Power 770 Watts (AM)
ERP 6,000 Watts (FM)
HAAT 100
Class C
Facility ID 5386
Transmitter Coordinates 47°53′40″N 91°51′50″W / 47.89444, -91.86389
Owner Bois Forte Tribal Council
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.wely.com

WELY (94.5 FM and 1450 AM "End of the Road Radio") is a radio station based in the small town of Ely, Minnesota. WELY serves the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota, and is known for its quirky, eclectic, community-oriented programming. WELY broadcasts a wide range of material, from traditional polkas to rock music to zany wilderness "shout outs" for people camping in the surrounding wilderness.

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

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