I like seeing when stations came to be, when they went, and if there are any interesting facts about them:
Station | Name | State | Frequency | R? | A? | Status | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Notes |
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KAE42 | Providence Forge | VA | 162.500 | N | N | active | 2024/06/21 | ||
KDO95 | Falmouth (Portland) | ME | 162.550 | N | N | active | 1970/12 | Commission date source. | |
KEC43 | Anchorage | AK | 162.550 | N | N | active | 1972/11/06 | Commission date source. | |
KEC75 | Des Moines | IA | 162.550 | N | N | retired | 1972/06/26 | 1979/06 (see: WXL57) |
Commissioned in 1972. Call sign changed when station upgraded from a 500-watt to 1000-watt transmitter in June 1979. |
KEC83 | Baltimore (Pikesville) | MD | 162.400 | Y | Y | active | 1973/04/19 | Commission date source. | |
KEC92 | Salisbury (Laurel) | DE | 162.475 | Y | Y | active | 1973/06/13 | Originally broadcast on 162.4 MHz, changed in 1980 when WXM57 was installed. | |
KEC94 | Phoenix | AZ | 162.550 | N | N | active | 1973/01/15 | Commission date source. | |
KHB35 | Boston | MA | 162.475 | N | N | active | 1967/11/01 | Commission date source. Transmitter later changed frequencies around June 1, 1971, from 162.550 to 162.475. | |
KHB36 | Manassas/Washington D.C. (Independent Hill) | VA | 162.550 | Y | Y | active | 1967 | Transmitter was moved between 1973 and 1974 from Davidsonville, MD to Independent Hill, VA. Originally meant to serve the entire upper Chesapeake Bay until KEC83 (Baltimore) and KEC92 (Salisbury) began operating. | |
KHB43 | New Orleans | LA | 162.550 | Y | Y | active | bef. 1970 | Antenna was moved from the U.S. Post Office building to the top of the Marriott Hotel New Orleans in 1975. | |
KHB47 | New London | CT | 162.400 | N | N | active | 1969/11 | The frequency was changed around June 1, 1971, from 163.275 MHz to 162.4 MHz. It was the only station in the weather radio network that broadcasted outside the 7-channel range used today. | |
KIH62 | Fresno | CA | 162.400 | N | N | active | 1977/07/14 | Commission date source. | |
KWO35 | New York City | NY | 162.550 | Y | Y | active | 1951 | First ever NOAA Weather Radio station. Originally created for aviation weather, the channel shifted to a marine VHF frequency. After the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, marine stations on the 162.55 band were repurposed to become the future NOAA Weather Radio program. | |
KWO39 | Chicago | IL | 162.550 | N | N | active | 1953 | Second ever NOAA Weather Radio station. Originally created for aviation weather, the channel shifted to a marine VHF frequency. After the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, marine stations on the 162.55 band were repurposed to become the future NOAA Weather Radio program. | |
KXI24 | Safford | AZ | 162.475 | N | N | active | 2000/08 | Originally broadcast on 162.550 MHz, changed on Nov 18, 2024. | |
WNG736 | Washington | DC | 162.450 | Y | Y | active | c. 2007 | Transmitter location moved around 10:25am on August 14, 2025, from Peabody Street NW in Washington, DC to the top of the NWS HQ in Silver Spring, MD. | |
WWF30 | Silver Spring | MD | 162.475 | N | N | decom. | bef. 2004 | 2025/08/14 | A former test NOAA Weather Radio station. Broadcasted occasionally from the top of NOAA HQ in Silver Spring, MD, with known broadcasts from WWF30 as early as 2004. Decommissioned on August 14, 2025 when WNG736 moved to this tower. |
WWF66 | Cullman | AL | 162.450 | N | N | active | 1996/04/03 | ||
WWQ50 | Dalhart | TX | 162.425 | N | N | active | 2024/10/01 | ||
WWQ51 | Stratford | TX | 162.525 | N | N | active | 2024/10/01 | ||
WXK46 | Knoxville | TN | 162.475 | N | N | active | 1978 | Commission date source. | |
WXJ87 | Madison | WI | 162.550 | N | N | active | 1977/11/18 | Commission date source. | |
WXK58 | Reno | NV | 162.550 | N | N | active | 1977/12/22 | Commission date source. Formal dedication for the station held February 9, 1978. | |
WXK71 | Macon | GA | 162.475 | N | N | active | 1979/10/03 | Commission date source. | |
WXK97 | Sudlersville | MD | 162.500 | Y | Y | active | 2002/04 | ||
WXL21 | Columbia | MS | 162.400 | N | N | decom. | 1978/09 | 2005-2015 b/t | Commissioned in or slightly before September 1978. Funded by the Columbia-Marion County Civil Defense due to lack of reception from existing NWR towers around Columbia. Unknown exact date of decommission but likely between 2005 and 2011. NWR removed the transmitter off of its station listing for MS from 2005 to 2009, placed it back in 2010, and removed it in again in April 2011. Most recent mention of its existence was a PNS from NWS JAN in 2015. The station served only the immediate Marion County area and broadcast at a power of 30 watts. Mostly replaced by the already existing KIH47 (Hattiesburg) and then-recently commissioned WNG521 (Bogalusa). |
WXL42 | Winston-Salem/Greensboro | NC | 162.400 | N | N | active | 1979/01/19 | Commission date source. WXL42 began broadcasting in testing mode on January 19, 1979, but didn't become fully operational until January 29, 1979. | |
WXL57 | Des Moines | IA | 162.550 | N | N | retired | 1979/06 | Call sign changed from KEC75 to WXL57 when station upgraded from a 500-watt to a 1000-watt transmitter in June 1979. The Des Moines Tribune had a blurb under its weather page informing readers that they could tune to KEC75 for more weather information; this was changed on June 13, 1979, to read WXL57. Change may have taken place earlier in the month. | |
WXM57 | Heathsville | VA | 162.400 | N | N | active | 1980/06 | Commission date source. | |
WXM82 | Egremont | MA | 162.450 | N | N | decom. | 2001/04 | 2025/02/28 | |
WZ2527 | Fredericksburg | VA | 162.425 | N | N | active | 2009/12 | ||
WZ2559 | Enterprise | OR | 162.425 | N | N | active | 2024/10/01 |
NOTE: This list is still being built, isn't exhaustive, and likely
won't be. I'm maintaining this mainly to see how the weather radio network has changed over time and to share little
factoids I find along the way.
If you want more current information about the weather radio program, visit the NOAA Weather
Radio or Weatheradio
Canada websites.
Published August 2, 2025
Updated August 11, 2025