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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear KIG78, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Coachella area of California. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in San Diego, CA. The transmitter itself stands at Riverside County. It transmits with 104 watts of power.
KIG78 covers 2 counties: Imperial County (west part) and Riverside County (central part). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial County | CA | 006025 |
West part |
| Riverside County | CA | 006065 |
Central part |
Station details
- Call sign
- KIG78
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Coachella, CA
- Transmitter site
- Riverside County
- Power
- 104 watts
- NWS office
- San Diego, CA
- Office address
- 11440 W Bernardo Ct #230, San Diego, CA 92127
- Office phone
- 858-675-8700
- Coverage
- 2 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
KIG78 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Coachella, CA
- NWS office
- San Diego, CA
- Covers
- 2 counties
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