Weather radio in Kansas

KWN59: NOAA Weather Radio, Kirwin

162.500 MHz · 1,070 W · On the air

KWN59 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from Kirwin, with the transmitter at Phillipsburg, Kansas, at 1,070 W. The National Weather Service office in Hastings, NE programs it. It covers 7 counties in Kansas and Nebraska.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KWN59 (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
KWN59
Frequency
162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power
1,070 W
Status
On the air
Station
Kirwin
Transmitter site
Phillipsburg
State
Kansas
NWS office
Hastings, NE
Location
39.6036, -99.1217

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.

CountyStateSAME codeCoverage
NortonKansas020137Whole county
OsborneKansas020141Whole county
PhillipsKansas020147Whole county
RooksKansas020163Whole county
SmithKansas020183Whole county
FranklinNebraska031061Whole county
HarlanNebraska031083Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 30, 2026 at 2:12 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.