WELY
 | |
| City of license | Ely, Minnesota |
|---|---|
| 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 | Community radio |
| 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 |
| 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. WELY serves the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of far northern Minnesota.
These stations are branded as "End of the Road Radio", offering 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.
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 Erickson, a Twin Cities transplant. In 2005, it was purchased by a local band of Ojibwe Indians, 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
| ||||||||||||||