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Overview
WZ2523 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Frankfort, Kentucky, on 162.500 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Louisville, KY. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 1 county: Franklin County. A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | KY | 021073 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WZ2523
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Frankfort, KY
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Louisville, KY
- Office address
- 6201 Theiler Lane, Louisville, KY 40229
- Office phone
- 502-969-8842
- Coverage
- 1 county
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WZ2523 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Frankfort, KY
- NWS office
- Louisville, KY
- Covers
- 1 county
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