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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear KIH39, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Ashland area of Kentucky. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Charleston, WV programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. Its listed transmitter power is 1,090 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 17 counties in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia; the full list is in the table below. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd County | KY | 021019 |
Entire area |
| Carter County | KY | 021043 |
Central and east parts |
| Elliott County | KY | 021063 |
Central and east parts |
| Greenup County | KY | 021089 |
Entire area |
| Johnson County | KY | 021115 |
North part |
| Lawrence County | KY | 021127 |
Entire area |
| Lewis County | KY | 021135 |
Northeast part |
| Martin County | KY | 021159 |
North part |
| Gallia County | OH | 039053 |
South part |
| Jackson County | OH | 039079 |
Southwest part |
| Lawrence County | OH | 039087 |
Entire area |
| Scioto County | OH | 039145 |
Central and southeast parts |
| Cabell County | WV | 054011 |
Entire area |
| Lincoln County | WV | 054043 |
Northwest part |
| Mason County | WV | 054053 |
Southwest part |
| Putnam County | WV | 054079 |
West part |
| Wayne County | WV | 054099 |
Not south part |
Station details
- Call sign
- KIH39
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Ashland, KY
- Power
- 1,090 watts
- NWS office
- Charleston, WV
- Office address
- 1754 Hendrickson Dr, South Charleston, WV 25303
- Office phone
- 304-746-0180
- Coverage
- 17 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Charleston-Huntington, WV
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Location
KIH39 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Ashland, KY
- NWS office
- Charleston, WV
- Covers
- 17 counties
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