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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.450 MHz to hear WXK90, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Cheraw area of South Carolina. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Columbia, SC programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter site is listed as Chesterfield. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
WXK90 covers 7 counties in North Carolina and South Carolina, each listed below with its SAME code. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anson County | NC | 037007 |
Entire area |
| Richmond County | NC | 037153 |
Entire area |
| Scotland County | NC | 037165 |
Entire area |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 045025 |
Entire area |
| Darlington County | SC | 045031 |
Entire area |
| Lee County | SC | 045061 |
North part |
| Marlboro County | SC | 045069 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK90
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Cheraw, SC
- Transmitter site
- Chesterfield
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Columbia, SC
- Office address
- 2909 Aviation Way West, Columbia, SC 29170
- Office phone
- 803-822-8135
- Coverage
- 7 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXK90 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Cheraw, SC
- NWS office
- Columbia, SC
- Covers
- 7 counties
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