WXJ39: NOAA Weather Radio, Providence
WXJ39 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Providence, with the transmitter at Johnston, Rhode Island, at 500 W. The National Weather Service office in Boston/Norton, MA programs it. It covers 6 counties in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
The transmitter and its neighbors
WXJ39 (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
- WXJ39
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz (WX2)
- Power
- 500 W
- Status
- On the air
- Station
- Providence
- Transmitter site
- Johnston
- State
- Rhode Island
- NWS office
- Boston/Norton, MA
- Location
- 41.8050, -71.4733
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | Massachusetts | 025005 | Whole county |
| Bristol | Rhode Island | 044001 | Whole county |
| Kent | Rhode Island | 044003 | Whole county |
| Newport | Rhode Island | 044005 | Whole county |
| Providence | Rhode Island | 044007 | Whole county |
| Washington | Rhode Island | 044009 | Including block is |
Nearby transmitters
More
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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 9:25 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.