WXN61: NOAA Weather Radio, Sidney

162.500 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXN61 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from Sidney, Nebraska, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Cheyenne, WY programs it. It covers 4 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXN61 (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: WXN61
Frequency: 162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power: 1,000 W
Status: On the air
Station: Sidney
State: Nebraska
NWS office: Cheyenne, WY
Location: 41.1842, -103.1936

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
Cheyenne	Nebraska	031033	Whole county
Deuel	Nebraska	031049	Whole county
Garden	Nebraska	031069	South 1/3
Kimball	Nebraska	031105	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.