Weather radio in Nevada

WXK58: NOAA Weather Radio, Reno

162.550 MHz · 300 W · On the air

WXK58 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Reno, with the transmitter at Slide Mtn., Nevada, at 300 W. The National Weather Service office in Reno, NV programs it. It covers 9 counties in California and Nevada.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK58 (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
WXK58
Frequency
162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power
300 W
Status
On the air
Station
Reno
Transmitter site
Slide Mtn.
State
Nevada
NWS office
Reno, NV
Location
39.3131, -119.8836

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
AlpineCalifornia006003Whole county
El DoradoCalifornia006017Whole county
NevadaCalifornia006057Whole county
PlacerCalifornia006061Whole county
City of Carson CityNevada032510Whole county
DouglasNevada032005Whole county
LyonNevada032019Whole county
StoreyNevada032029Whole county
WashoeNevada032031Whole 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 27, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.