WKES

WKES (91.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious radio format. Licensed to Lakeland, Florida, United States, 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.

WKES
CityLakeland, Florida
Broadcast areaTampa Bay area
Frequency91.1 MHz
BrandingMoody Radio Florida
Programming
Formatreligious radio
AffiliationsMoody Radio
Ownership
OwnerMoody Bible Institute
(The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago)
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 ID19871
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT128 meters
Transmitter coordinates
28°4′46.00″N 82°2′27.00″W
Translator(s)See § Translators
Repeater(s)(see article)
Links
Websitemoodyradioflorida.fm

WKES is the flagship 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 FMCrystal River, Florida1102641,000165 m (541 ft)C2FCC
WKZM104.3 FMSarasota, Florida1103725,00081 m (266 ft)C3FCC
WSOR90.9 FMNaples, Florida6150636,000275 m (902 ft)C1FCC

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 WPOI, owned by Cox Radio).

Translators

Call signFrequency
(MHz)
City of licenseFacility
ID
ERP
(W)
Height
(m (ft))
ClassFCC infoNotes
W215CJ90.9Tampa, Florida1066757051 m (167 ft)DFCCRelays WKES
W247AF97.3Sarasota, Florida840098048 m (157 ft)DFCCRelays WKES
W272BM102.3Fort Myers Beach, Florida1565548052 m (171 ft)DFCCRelays WSOR

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