Weather radio in Oregon

WXL96: NOAA Weather Radio, Salem

162.475 MHz · 100 W · On the air

WXL96 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.475 MHz (WX3 on most receivers) from Salem, with the transmitter at Prospect Hill, Oregon, at 100 W. The National Weather Service office in Portland, OR programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXL96 (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
WXL96
Frequency
162.475 MHz (WX3)
Power
100 W
Status
On the air
Station
Salem
Transmitter site
Prospect Hill
State
Oregon
NWS office
Portland, OR
Location
44.8469, -123.1109

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
BentonOregon041003Whole county
ClackamasOregon041005Whole county
LinnOregon041043Whole county
MarionOregon041047Whole county
PolkOregon041053Whole county
YamhillOregon041071Whole 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 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.