WXJ64: NOAA Weather Radio, Leader

162.550 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXJ64 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Leader, with the transmitter at Omen Lake, Minnesota, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Duluth, MN programs it. It covers 8 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXJ64 (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: WXJ64
Frequency: 162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power: 1,000 W
Status: On the air
Station: Leader
Transmitter site: Omen Lake
State: Minnesota
NWS office: Duluth, MN
Location: 46.5519, -94.5208

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
Cass	Minnesota	027021	Whole county
Cass	Minnesota	227021	North
Cass	Minnesota	827021	Whole county
Crow Wing	Minnesota	027035	N
Morrison	Minnesota	027097	Whole county
Otter Tail	Minnesota	027111	Whole county
Todd	Minnesota	027153	N
Wadena	Minnesota	027159	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

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 8:10 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.