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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WKES
| logo             = <!-- Commented out: [[Image:MoodyRadio.jpg]] -->
| city             = [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]], [[Florida]]
| area             = [[Tampa Bay area]]
| branding         = Moody Radio Florida
| airdate          = May 20, [[1975 in radio|1975]]
| frequency        = 91.1 [[MHz]]
| repeater         = ''(see article)''
| translator       = [[#Translators|See § Translators]]
| format           = [[Christian talk and teaching]]
| power            =
| erp              = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|128|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = C1
| facility_id      = 19871
| coordinates      = {{coord|28|4|46|N|82|2|27|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = [[Keswick Christian School|'''KES'''wick Christian School]]<br>''(founders of WKES and associated with Moody)''
| former_callsigns = WCIE (1975–1997)
| owner            = [[Moody Bible Institute]]
| licensee         = The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
| sister_stations  = 
| webcast          = 
| website          = {{URL|moodyradioflorida.fm}}
| affiliations     = [[Moody Radio]] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

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

WKES is the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] of the statewide '''Moody Radio Florida''' network, which includes:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]
! [[City of license]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />[[watt|W]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Height above average terrain|Height]]<br />[[Metre|m]] ([[Foot (unit)|ft]])
! [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! class="unsortable" | FCC info
|-
| {{rh}} | WHGN || 91.9 FM || [[Crystal River, Florida]] || 11026 || 41,000 || {{Convert|165|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C2 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|11026|WHGN|FCC}}
|-
| {{rh}} | WKZM || 104.3 FM || [[Sarasota, Florida]] || 11037 || 25,000 || {{Convert|81|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C3 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|11037|WKZM|FCC}}
|-
| {{rh}} | WSOR || 90.9 FM || [[Naples, Florida]] || 61506  || 36,000 || {{Convert|275|m|ft|abbr=on}} || C1 || {{FCC-LMS-Facility|61506|WSOR|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&nbsp;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&nbsp;MHz. In 1997, in a three way swap, Carpenter's Home sold WCIE to [[Bud Paxson|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 Enterprises|Cox Radio]]).

==Translators==
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = 
| width    =

| call1    = W215CJ
| freq1    = 90.9
| city1    = Tampa, Florida
| fid1     = 106675
| watts1   = 70
| haat1    = 51
| class1   = D
| coord1   = 
| notes1   = Relays WKES

| call2    = W247AF
| freq2    = 97.3
| city2    = Sarasota, Florida
| fid2     = 84009
| watts2   = 80
| haat2    = 48
| class2   = D
| coord2   = 
| notes2   = Relays WKES

| call3    = W272BM
| freq3    = 102.3
| city3    = Fort Myers Beach, Florida
| fid3     = 156554
| watts3   = 80
| haat3    = 52
| class3   = D
| coord3   = 
| notes3   = Relays WSOR
}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|moodyradioflorida.fm}}
{{FM station data|19871|WKES}}
*[http://www.cflradio.net/91.1_WCIE_FM.htm Central Florida Radio: WCIE]
*[http://www.mindspring.com/~brucec/wcie.htm WCIE tribute page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410132021/http://www.mindspring.com/~brucec/wcie.htm |date=2007-04-10 }}
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{{FM station data|11026|WHGN}}
{{FM station data|61506|WSOR}}
{{FM station data|11037|WKZM}}
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