WXK73: NOAA Weather Radio, Houghton

162.400 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXK73 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Houghton, with the transmitter at Painesdale, Michigan, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Marquette, MI programs it. It covers 5 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK73 (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: WXK73
Frequency: 162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power: 1,000 W
Status: On the air
Station: Houghton
Transmitter site: Painesdale
State: Michigan
NWS office: Marquette, MI
Location: 47.0356, -88.6953

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
Baraga	Michigan	026013	Whole county
Gogebic	Michigan	026053	Whole county
Houghton	Michigan	026061	Whole county
Keweenaw	Michigan	026083	Whole county
Ontonagon	Michigan	026131	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 28, 2026 at 8:58 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.