Weather Radio Stations

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
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.
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Published August 2, 2025
Updated August 11, 2025