WXJ81: NOAA Weather Radio, Fairbanks

162.550 MHz · 700 W · On the air

WXJ81 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Fairbanks, with the transmitter at Ester Dome, Alaska, at 700 W. The National Weather Service office in Fairbanks, AK programs it. It covers 3 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXJ81 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

On the air
Degraded
Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign: WXJ81
Frequency: 162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power: 700 W
Status: On the air
Station: Fairbanks
Transmitter site: Ester Dome
State: Alaska
NWS office: Fairbanks, AK
Location: 64.8789, -148.0558

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

County	State	SAME code	Coverage
Fairbanks North Star	Alaska	002090	C, N, E, S, W
Southeast Fairbanks	Alaska	002240	W
Yukon-Koyukuk	Alaska	002290	C

Nearby transmitters

KPS504, Nenana, AK162.400 MHz · 37 mi WSW

Weather radio in Alaska Every transmitter The forecast here Alerts in force in Alaska

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.