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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.475 MHz to hear WXL78, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Bismarck area of North Dakota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Bismarck, ND. The transmitter site is listed as St. Anthony. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 10 counties across North Dakota, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burleigh County | ND | 038015 |
Entire area |
| Emmons County | ND | 038029 |
Entire area |
| Grant County | ND | 038037 |
Entire area |
| Kidder County | ND | 038043 |
Entire area |
| Mercer County | ND | 038057 |
Entire area |
| Morton County | ND | 038059 |
Entire area |
| Oliver County | ND | 038065 |
Entire area |
| Sheridan County | ND | 038083 |
Entire area |
| Sioux County | ND | 038085 |
Entire area |
| Wells County | ND | 038103 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL78
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bismarck, ND
- Transmitter site
- St. Anthony
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Bismarck, ND
- Office address
- 2301 University Drive Building 27, Bismarck, ND 58504
- Office phone
- 701-250-4224
- Coverage
- 10 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson (Williston), ND
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Location
WXL78 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bismarck, ND
- NWS office
- Bismarck, ND
- Covers
- 10 counties
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