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Overview
WXM78 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Bloomington, Indiana, on 162.450 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Forecasts and warnings on WXM78 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Indianapolis, IN. The transmitter site is listed as Indiana University. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 5 counties: Brown County, Greene County, Monroe County, Morgan County and Owen County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County | IN | 018013 |
Entire area |
| Greene County | IN | 018055 |
Entire area |
| Monroe County | IN | 018105 |
Entire area |
| Morgan County | IN | 018109 |
Entire area |
| Owen County | IN | 018119 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXM78
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bloomington, IN
- Transmitter site
- Indiana University
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Indianapolis, IN
- Office address
- 6900 West Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46241
- Office phone
- 317-856-0664
- Coverage
- 5 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Indianapolis, IN
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Location
WXM78 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bloomington, IN
- NWS office
- Indianapolis, IN
- Covers
- 5 counties
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