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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.450 MHz to hear WXM74, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Sutton area of West Virginia. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Charleston, WV. The transmitter itself stands at Flatwood Mountain. Its listed transmitter power is 1,030 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 9 counties across West Virginia, listed below. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton County | WV | 054007 |
Entire area |
| Calhoun County | WV | 054013 |
Entire area |
| Clay County | WV | 054015 |
Entire area |
| Gilmer County | WV | 054021 |
Entire area |
| Lewis County | WV | 054041 |
Entire area |
| Nicholas County | WV | 054067 |
Entire area |
| Roane County | WV | 054087 |
Entire area |
| Upshur County | WV | 054097 |
Entire area |
| Webster County | WV | 054101 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXM74
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Sutton, WV
- Transmitter site
- Flatwood Mountain
- Power
- 1,030 watts
- NWS office
- Charleston, WV
- Office address
- 1754 Hendrickson Dr, South Charleston, WV 25303
- Office phone
- 304-746-0180
- Coverage
- 9 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXM74 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Sutton, WV
- NWS office
- Charleston, WV
- Covers
- 9 counties
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