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Overview
WXN72 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Merna, Nebraska, on 162.500 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service office in North Platte, NE programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter site is listed as Broken Bow. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 2 counties: Custer County and Sherman County. If your radio supports SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding), program the six-digit code for your county from the table below so it alerts only for warnings that affect you.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County | NE | 031041 |
Entire area |
| Sherman County | NE | 031163 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXN72
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Merna, NE
- Transmitter site
- Broken Bow
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- North Platte, NE
- Office address
- 5250 E. Lee Bird Drive, North Platte, NE 69101
- Office phone
- 308-532-4936
- Coverage
- 2 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WXN72 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Merna, NE
- NWS office
- North Platte, NE
- Covers
- 2 counties
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