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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear KZZ46, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Athens area of Ohio. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on KZZ46 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Charleston, WV. The transmitter itself stands at Elliottville. It transmits with 1,030 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 13 counties in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens County | OH | 039009 |
Entire area |
| Gallia County | OH | 039053 |
Entire area |
| Hocking County | OH | 039073 |
Entire area |
| Jackson County | OH | 039079 |
Entire area |
| Meigs County | OH | 039105 |
Entire area |
| Morgan County | OH | 039115 |
Entire area |
| Perry County | OH | 039127 |
Entire area |
| Vinton County | OH | 039163 |
Entire area |
| Washington County | OH | 039167 |
Entire area |
| Jackson County | WV | 054035 |
Entire area |
| Mason County | WV | 054053 |
Entire area |
| Pleasants County | WV | 054073 |
Entire area |
| Wood County | WV | 054107 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KZZ46
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Athens, OH
- Transmitter site
- Elliottville
- Power
- 1,030 watts
- NWS office
- Charleston, WV
- Office address
- 1754 Hendrickson Dr, South Charleston, WV 25303
- Office phone
- 304-746-0180
- Coverage
- 13 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Columbus, OH
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Location
KZZ46 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Athens, OH
- NWS office
- Charleston, WV
- Covers
- 13 counties
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