Weather radio in Wisconsin

WXJ89: NOAA Weather Radio, Wausau

162.475 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXJ89 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.475 MHz (WX3 on most receivers) from Wausau, with the transmitter at Marathon, Wisconsin, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Green Bay, WI programs it. It covers 11 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXJ89 (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
WXJ89
Frequency
162.475 MHz (WX3)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Wausau
Transmitter site
Marathon
NWS office
Green Bay, WI
Location
44.9206, -89.6919

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
ClarkWisconsin055019Whole county
LangladeWisconsin055067Whole county
LincolnWisconsin055069Whole county
MarathonWisconsin055073Whole county
MenomineeWisconsin055078W 1/2
OneidaWisconsin055085Whole county
PortageWisconsin055097Whole county
ShawanoWisconsin055115W 1/2
TaylorWisconsin055119Whole county
WaupacaWisconsin055135Whole county
WoodWisconsin055141Whole 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.