Weather radio in Virginia

WXK65: NOAA Weather Radio, Richmond

162.475 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXK65 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.475 MHz (WX3 on most receivers) from Richmond, with the transmitter at Sandston, Virginia, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Wakefield, VA programs it. It covers 25 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK65 (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
WXK65
Frequency
162.475 MHz (WX3)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Richmond
Transmitter site
Sandston
NWS office
Wakefield, VA
Location
37.5031, -77.5417

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
AmeliaVirginia051007Whole county
CarolineVirginia051033Not NE Tip
Charles CityVirginia051036Whole county
ChesterfieldVirginia051041Whole county
City of Colonial HeightsVirginia051570Whole county
City of FredericksburgVirginia051630Whole county
City of HopewellVirginia051670Whole county
City of PetersburgVirginia051730Whole county
City of RichmondVirginia051760Whole county
CumberlandVirginia051049Central/E
DinwiddieVirginia051053Whole county
FluvannaVirginia051065E 1/2
GoochlandVirginia051075Whole county
HanoverVirginia051085Whole county
HenricoVirginia051087Whole county
King and QueenVirginia051097Whole county
King WilliamVirginia051101Whole county
LouisaVirginia051109Whole county
New KentVirginia051127Whole county
NottowayVirginia051135Whole county
PowhatanVirginia051145Whole county
Prince EdwardVirginia051147NE
Prince GeorgeVirginia051149Whole county
SpotsylvaniaVirginia051177S 1/2
SussexVirginia051183Whole 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 9:33 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.