WXK98

WXK98[1]
City of license Lewiston, Idaho[2]
Broadcast area North Idaho and Washington Palouse[3]
Branding NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency 162.550 MHz[4]
Format Weather/Civil Emergency
Power 100 Watts[5]
Class C
Owner NOAA/National Weather Service
Website www.wrh.noaa.gov/otx

WXK98 is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Southern Idaho Panhandle and the Washington Palouse. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Spokane, Washington with its transmitter located near Lewiston. It has two repeaters, KXI82 which broadcasts from Grangeville on a frequency of 162.450 MHz and WZ2535 which broadcasts from Norton Knob near Orofino on a frequency of 162.500 MHz.

It can be heard across the Idaho Panhandle and Washington Palouse. At night, it can be heard as far north as Spokane and as far west as Moses Lake.

It broadcasts weather and hazard information for Asotin, Garfield and Whitman counties in Washington; plus Clearwater, Idaho, Idaho, Lewis and Nez Perce counties in Idaho.

County Coverage for WXL86 (SAME/FIPS Codes)

Related NOAA Weather Radio Stations

Serving any of the counties served by WXK98

Other Stations Served by NWS Spokane

References

  1. ↑ WXK98 Information
  2. ↑ WXL86 Information
  3. ↑ WXK98 Information
  4. ↑ WXK98 Information
  5. ↑ WXK98 Information

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