WXK88: NOAA Weather Radio, Payette

162.400 MHz · 100 W · On the air

WXK88 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Payette, with the transmitter at Syme Hill / Ontario OR, Idaho, at 100 W. The National Weather Service office in Boise, ID programs it. It covers 6 counties in Idaho and Oregon.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK88 (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: WXK88
Frequency: 162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power: 100 W
Status: On the air
Station: Payette
Transmitter site: Syme Hill / Ontario OR
State: Idaho
NWS office: Boise, ID
Location: 43.9481, -116.9287

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
Canyon	Idaho	016027	NW
Gem	Idaho	016045	W
Owyhee	Idaho	016073	NW
Payette	Idaho	016075	Whole county
Washington	Idaho	016087	SW
Malheur	Oregon	041045	NE

Nearby transmitters

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

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read October 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.