WKES

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WKES
Broadcast area Tampa Bay area
Frequency 91.1 MHz
BrandingMoody Radio Florida
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching
Affiliations Moody Radio
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
May 20, 1975
Former call signs
WCIE (1975-1997)
Call sign meaning
KESwick Christian School
(founders of WKES and associated with Moody)
Technical information
Facility ID 19871
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 128 meters (420 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
28°4′46″N82°2′27″W / 28.07944°N 82.04083°W / 28.07944; -82.04083
Translator(s) See § Translators
Repeater(s) (see article)
Links
Website moodyradioflorida.fm

WKES (91.1 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported FM radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching radio format. Licensed to Lakeland, Florida, it serves the Tampa Bay area from its studios at Keswick Christian School in Seminole. The station is owned by the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago and features programming from Moody Radio.

Contents

WKES is the flagship station of the statewide Moody Radio Florida network, which includes:

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
W
Height
m (ft)
Class FCC info
WHGN91.9 FM Crystal River, Florida 1102641,000165 m (541 ft)C2 FCC
WKZM104.3 FM Sarasota, Florida 1103725,00081 m (266 ft)C3 FCC
WSOR90.9 FM Naples, Florida 6150636,000275 m (902 ft)C1 FCC

Local programming includes New Day Florida (a morning show) and Prime Time Florida (a drive-time afternoon show), plus hourly news and traffic updates, along with weather updates from former Bay News 9 meteorologist Alan Winfield.

History

The station first signed on May 20, 1975, at 91.3 MHz as WCIE, a religious station owned by the Carpenter's Home Church in Lakeland. In 1980, as part of a plan to increase its power, the station relocated to 91.1 MHz. In 1997, in a three way swap, Carpenter's Home sold WCIE to Paxson Broadcasting, who in turn swapped the station with Moody's WKES, which at the time was on 101.5 FM. WKES would soon move to 91.1 FM; after a brief simulcast period, its old 101.5 frequency became a commercial station under Paxson, as WILV (now WTBV, owned by Cox Radio).

Translators

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC infoNotes
W215CJ90.9 FM Tampa, Florida 1066757051  m (167  ft)D LMS Relays WKES
W247AF97.3 FM Sarasota, Florida 840098048 m (157 ft)D LMS Relays WKES
W272BM102.3 FM Fort Myers Beach, Florida 1565548052 m (171 ft)D LMS Relays WSOR

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