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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear KZZ81, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Lockport area of Illinois. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Chicago, IL. The transmitter itself stands at Downers Grove. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 8 counties across Illinois and Indiana, listed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | IL | 017031 |
Entire area |
| DuPage County | IL | 017043 |
Entire area |
| Grundy County | IL | 017063 |
Entire area |
| Kane County | IL | 017089 |
Entire area |
| Kankakee County | IL | 017091 |
Entire area |
| Kendall County | IL | 017093 |
Entire area |
| Will County | IL | 017197 |
Entire area |
| Lake County | IN | 018089 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KZZ81
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Lockport, IL
- Transmitter site
- Downers Grove
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Chicago, IL
- Office address
- 333 West University Drive, Romeoville, IL 60446
- Office phone
- 815-834-1435
- Coverage
- 8 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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KZZ81 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Lockport, IL
- NWS office
- Chicago, IL
- Covers
- 8 counties
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