KEC65

KEC65 - Minneapolis/St. Paul All Hazards
City Saint Paul, Minnesota
Broadcast area Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro
Branding NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency 162.550 MHz
Format Weather/Civil Emergency
Language(s) English
Power 1,000 Watts
HAAT 403 M
Class C
Transmitter coordinates 44°58′09″N 93°12′28″W / 44.969045°N 93.207694°W / 44.969045; -93.207694Coordinates: 44°58′09″N 93°12′28″W / 44.969045°N 93.207694°W / 44.969045; -93.207694[1]
Owner NOAA/National Weather Service
Website www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx

KEC65 (sometimes referred to as Minneapolis/St. Paul All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Minneapolis – Saint Paul metropolitan area. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Twin Cities, Minnesota, with its transmitter located in Saint Paul atop the KSTP television tower. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington, & Wright Counties in Minnesota as well as Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Counties in Wisconsin. The broadcasts can be heard on KTCA Channel 2.4.

KEC65 is now heard on KTCA (TPT) Channel 2.5 due to the impending Children's programming channel slated to launch in January 2017 on 2.4.

References

  1. ↑ "NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter Sites". Retrieved Aug 20, 2015.


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