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Overview
WXM97 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Haines, Alaska, on 162.400 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Juneau, AK. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
WXM97 covers 2 boroughs and census areas: Skagway and Haines (central, east, south and west parts). 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.
| Area | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haines | AK | 002100 |
Central, east, south and west parts |
| Skagway | AK | 002230 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXM97
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Haines, AK
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Juneau, AK
- Office address
- 8500 Mendenhall Loop Rd, Juneau, AK 99801
- Office phone
- 907-790-6800
- Coverage
- 2 boroughs and census areas
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WXM97 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Haines, AK
- NWS office
- Juneau, AK
- Covers
- 2 counties
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