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Overview
WXK43 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Thief River Falls, Minnesota, on 162.550 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Grand Forks, ND. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
WXK43 covers 8 counties in Minnesota, each listed below with its SAME code. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beltrami County | MN | 027007 |
Entire area |
| Clearwater County | MN | 027029 |
Entire area |
| Kittson County | MN | 027069 |
Entire area |
| Marshall County | MN | 027089 |
Entire area |
| Pennington County | MN | 027113 |
Entire area |
| Polk County | MN | 027119 |
Entire area |
| Red Lake County | MN | 027125 |
Entire area |
| Roseau County | MN | 027135 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK43
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Thief River Falls, MN
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Grand Forks, ND
- Office address
- 4797 Technology Circle, Grand Forks, ND 58203
- Office phone
- 701-772-0720
- Coverage
- 8 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Fargo
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Location
WXK43 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Thief River Falls, MN
- NWS office
- Grand Forks, ND
- Covers
- 8 counties
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