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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.500 MHz to hear KJY68, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Chillicothe area of Ohio. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on KJY68 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, OH. The transmitter site is listed as Ross County. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 8 counties across Ohio, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield County | OH | 039045 |
Southwest part |
| Fayette County | OH | 039047 |
East and central part |
| Hocking County | OH | 039073 |
Entire area |
| Jackson County | OH | 039079 |
Entire area |
| Pickaway County | OH | 039129 |
Entire area |
| Pike County | OH | 039131 |
Entire area |
| Ross County | OH | 039141 |
Entire area |
| Vinton County | OH | 039163 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KJY68
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Chillicothe, OH
- Transmitter site
- Ross County
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Wilmington, OH
- Office address
- 1901 OH-134, Wilmington, OH 45177
- Office phone
- 937-383-0031
- Coverage
- 8 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Columbus, OH
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Location
KJY68 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Chillicothe, OH
- NWS office
- Wilmington, OH
- Covers
- 8 counties
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