WKES

WKES

City of license	Lakeland, Florida
Broadcast area	Tampa Bay area
Branding	Moody Radio Florida
Frequency	91.1 MHz
Repeaters	(see article)
First air date	May 20, 1975
Format	religious radio
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	99 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	19871
Transmitter coordinates	28°4′46.00″N 82°2′27.00″W / 28.07944°N 82.04083°W / 28.07944; -82.04083
Callsign meaning	KESwick Christian School (founders of WKES and associated with Moody)
Former callsigns	WCIE (1975-1997)
Affiliations	Moody Radio
Owner	Moody Bible Institute
Website	moodyradioflorida.fm

WKES (91.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious radio format. Licensed to Lakeland, Florida, USA, it serves the Tampa Bay area from its studios at Keswick Christian School in Seminole. The station is currently owned by the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago and features programing from Moody Radio.

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

• WHGN 91.9 FM, Crystal River / Ocala, Florida
• WSOR 90.9 FM, Naples / Fort Myers, Florida
• WKZM 104.3 FM Sarasota, Florida

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).

External links

• Central Florida Radio: WCIE
• WCIE tribute page
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WKES
• Radio-Locator information on WKES
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WKES
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WHGN
• Radio-Locator information on WHGN
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WHGN
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WSOR
• Radio-Locator information on WSOR
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WSOR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WKZM
• Radio-Locator information on WKZM
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WKZM