KYES (AM)

KYES

Rockville, Minnesota
Broadcast area	St. Cloud, Minnesota
Frequency	1180 kHz
Branding	AM 1180 K-YES
Programming
Format	Catholic talk
Affiliations	Relevant Radio
Ownership
Owner	Gabriel Media
Sister stations	KKJM
History
First air date	2009[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	136921
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts (day) 8,000 watts (critical hours) 5,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	45°21′43″N 94°17′57″W / 45.36194°N 94.29917°W / 45.36194; -94.29917
Translator(s)	K228FV (93.5 MHz, St. Joseph)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	kyesradio.com

KYES (1180 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Rockville, Minnesota. The station is owned by Gabriel Media. The station's transmitter is located near Kimball, Minnesota, off MN 15. It can be heard throughout most of central Minnesota throughout the day with fringe coverage in the Twin Cities.

Station founder Andy Hilger began his radio career in 1958 as a disc jockey for WJON. Hilger later became owner and manager of WJON and three other stations in Central Minnesota.^[3] Hilger died in 2013.^[4]

Due to budgetary constraints, KYES shares radio studio space with KKJM ("Spirit 92.9") in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota—a radio station Hilger had donated to the Diocese of St. Cloud in 2000.^[3]