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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.525 MHz to hear WXM90, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Jacksonville 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 Lincoln, IL. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 7 counties in Illinois; the full list is in the table 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County | IL | 017009 |
Entire area |
| Calhoun County | IL | 017013 |
North half |
| Cass County | IL | 017017 |
Entire area |
| Greene County | IL | 017061 |
Entire area |
| Morgan County | IL | 017137 |
Entire area |
| Pike County | IL | 017149 |
Entire area |
| Scott County | IL | 017171 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXM90
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Jacksonville, IL
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Lincoln, IL
- Office address
- 1362 State Route 10, Lincoln, IL 62656
- Office phone
- 217-732-3089
- Coverage
- 7 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, IL
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Location
WXM90 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Jacksonville, IL
- NWS office
- Lincoln, IL
- Covers
- 7 counties
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