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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXL76, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Merriman area of Nebraska. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in North Platte, NE programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. Its listed transmitter power is 800 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 3 counties: Sheridan County, NE, Bennett County, SD and Cherry County, NE (west part). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry County | NE | 031031 |
West part |
| Sheridan County | NE | 031161 |
Entire area |
| Bennett County | SD | 046007 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL76
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Merriman, NE
- Power
- 800 watts
- NWS office
- North Platte, NE
- Office address
- 5250 E. Lee Bird Drive, North Platte, NE 69101
- Office phone
- 308-532-4936
- Coverage
- 3 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Denver, CO
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Location
WXL76 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Merriman, NE
- NWS office
- North Platte, NE
- Covers
- 3 counties
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