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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXK88, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Payette area of Idaho. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXK88 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Boise, ID. The transmitter site is listed as Syme Hill/Ontario OR. Its listed transmitter power is 100 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 6 counties: Payette County, ID, Canyon County, ID (northwest part), Gem County, ID (west part), Owyhee County, ID (northwest part), Washington County, ID (southwest part) and Malheur County, OR (northeast 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon County | ID | 016027 |
Northwest part |
| Gem County | ID | 016045 |
West part |
| Owyhee County | ID | 016073 |
Northwest part |
| Payette County | ID | 016075 |
Entire area |
| Washington County | ID | 016087 |
Southwest part |
| Malheur County | OR | 041045 |
Northeast part |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK88
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Payette, ID
- Transmitter site
- Syme Hill/Ontario OR
- Power
- 100 watts
- NWS office
- Boise, ID
- Office address
- NIFC Building 3807, 3833 Development Ave, Boise, ID 83705
- Office phone
- 208-334-9860
- Coverage
- 6 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXK88 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Payette, ID
- NWS office
- Boise, ID
- Covers
- 6 counties
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