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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear KZZ53, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Utqiagvik area of Alaska. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on KZZ53 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Fairbanks, AK. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 1 borough or census area: North Slope (north 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.
| Area | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Slope | AK | 002185 |
North part |
Station details
- Call sign
- KZZ53
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Utqiagvik, AK
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Fairbanks, AK
- Office address
- 930 N Koyukuk Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99709
- Office phone
- 907-458-3700
- Coverage
- 1 borough or census area
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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KZZ53 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Utqiagvik, AK
- NWS office
- Fairbanks, AK
- Covers
- 1 county
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