WELY

WELY (1450 AM) and WELY-FM (94.5 FM) are a pair of simulcast radio stations based in the small tourist destination town of Ely, Minnesota, United States.

[9] In 1987, WELY suspended operations for a time due to financial difficulty, which was featured as a news story on KSTP-TV.

[11] In 1999, WELY-AM-FM transferred from the estate of Suzanna Baird Kuralt to her estate's executors, Susan Bowers & Lisa Bowers White, who sold the stations to Alice L. Hill & Janice Nagel Erickson, a Twin Cities transplant.

[14] The stations went silent on Thursday, December 1, 2022, as the transition began to the new owner Zoe Communications, Inc. of Shell Lake, Wis.

The company owns 17 radio stations, including numerous outlets in smaller markets similar to Ely.