WKES
Radio station in Lakeland, Florida, United States
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHGN | 91.9 FM | Crystal River, Florida | 11026 | 41,000 | 165 m (541 ft) | C2 | FCC (WHGN) |
| WKZM | 104.3 FM | Sarasota, Florida | 11037 | 25,000 | 81 m (266 ft) | C3 | FCC (WKZM) |
| WSOR | 90.9 FM | Naples, Florida | 61506 | 36,000 | 275 m (902 ft) | C1 | FCC (WSOR) |
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.
01History
The station first signed on May 26, 1977, at 91.3 MHz as WCIE, a non-commercial Christian station owned by Evangel Christian School 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, Evangel Christian School 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).
02Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W215CJ | 90.9 FM | Tampa, Florida | 106675 | 70 | 51 m (167 ft) | D | LMS | Relays WKES |
| W247AF | 97.3 FM | Sarasota, Florida | 84009 | 80 | 48 m (157 ft) | D | LMS | Relays WKES |
| W272BM | 102.3 FM | Fort Myers Beach, Florida | 156554 | 80 | 52 m (171 ft) | D | LMS | Relays WSOR |
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