WEQY-LP (104.7 FM) is a

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licensed to

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and serves the

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/ East Side neighborhoods. Its

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is held by Dayton's Bluff District Four Community Council. The station is

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. Its coverage area extends from just east of downtown St. Paul through most of southern Maplewood into Oakdale.

History

The station signed on air in 2015, part of the

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's roll out of

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licenses. The sign on of the station was mostly testing the signal, with a variety of programming. The expected coverage radius was , but the station could likely be heard much farther, up to away. The goal of the station was to cater to the ethnic populations on St. Paul's east side, including broadcasts in different languages. St. Paul's

neighborhood is known for its diversity. The goal of the station was to create a voice for St. Paul's east side. The station now primarily carries

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music, branding itself as Power 104.7. The station's website provides news catered to the St. Paul area. The station is one of three low power FM stations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area that share resources. The former logo of WEQY This station received its original

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from the

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on March 24,

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. The new station was assigned the WEQY-LP

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by the FCC on July 4, 2014. WEQY-LP received its license to cover from the FCC on September 15, 2015. WEQY is one of two LPFM radio stations on St. Paul's east side. The other station is WVIC-LP 99.1 FM, owned by the Victoria Theater project.

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