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Overview
KEC78 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Salt Lake City, Utah, on 162.550 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Forecasts and warnings on KEC78 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Salt Lake City, UT. The transmitter site is listed as Bacchus. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 5 counties: Davis County, Salt Lake County, Box Elder County (east third), Utah County (central 1/3) and Weber County (w and central). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Elder County | UT | 049003 |
East third |
| Davis County | UT | 049011 |
Entire area |
| Salt Lake County | UT | 049035 |
Entire area |
| Utah County | UT | 049049 |
Central 1/3 |
| Weber County | UT | 049057 |
W and central |
Station details
- Call sign
- KEC78
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Transmitter site
- Bacchus
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Office address
- 2242 W North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
- Office phone
- 801-524-5133
- Coverage
- 5 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Salt Lake City, UT
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