Weather radio in New Mexico

WXJ36: NOAA Weather Radio, Hobbs

162.400 MHz · 80 W · On the air

WXJ36 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Hobbs, with the transmitter at Maljamar, New Mexico, at 80 W. The National Weather Service office in Midland/Odessa, TX programs it. It covers 2 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXJ36 (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
WXJ36
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
80 W
Status
On the air
Station
Hobbs
Transmitter site
Maljamar
NWS office
Midland/Odessa, TX
Location
32.7043, -103.5667

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
EddyNew Mexico035015Whole county
LeaNew Mexico035025Whole 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 October 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.