It all began in the basement
of Bill Well’s house in the Town of North Greenbush,
Rensselear County, N. Y., in the late 1940”s. It
began as a part time hobby, fixing TV’s and Radios.
This was back in the day’s when two-radio, was
not very widely used. It was used primarily by Public
Safety (Police). In the early days (after WWII) the FCC
only granted station licenses to a very few business
users. One of the first was Taxi companies, this was
followed by businesses that carried a perishable product,
like Ready Mix Concrete, Ice, etc.
Bill Wells was at that time approached by Motorola to
become a Installation and Service provider for Public
Safety Systems, here in the Capital District of N. Y.
and in 1950 Wells Communication Service was established.
The company grew, as Motorola sold more and more two-way
radio systems in the area.
Edward J Kehn, Sr. CEO - Edward J. Kehn, Jr. President
In 1976, Bill Wells, decided it was time for him to
retire and take life a little easier. So the business
was sold to Ed Kehn, who at that time had been working
for Motorola for almost 15 years, selling and designing
radio systems all over the United States, and at the
time was Sales Manager of Airline Markets.
In l986, Ed and his Son, Michael who was at that time
President of the company, and worked in every facet of
the business for the past ten years. Purchased Ben’s
Communications, in Plattsburgh, N. Y. In order to do
this we would need the presence of a manager. Michael
then called on his brother Ed, Jr. who was living in
the sunshine state of Florida and working for Motorola,
to come North and run this newly acquired business in
Plattsburgh, N. Y.
In late 1997, we purchased J & L Communications
in Great Bend (Watertown), N. Y. Wells Communication’s
has approximately 50 employees and covers the entire
Northern New York State Area.
It has always been the purpose and goal of this company, “TO
MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO DO BUSINESS WITH US”. Because,
we know the only time we see you is when you have a problem
and it is our job to make your problem go away as easy
as possible.
