KXI97: NOAA Weather Radio for Mena, Arkansas
KXI97 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Mena (transmitter at Eagle Mtn./Bald Knob), broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 307 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Little Rock office's broadcast and covers 9 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | KXI97 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.400 MHz |
| Transmitter | Mena (transmitter at Eagle Mtn./Bald Knob), Arkansas |
| Power | 307 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Little Rock |
| Status | Normal (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.400 MHz as WX2, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties KXI97 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Hempstead | Arkansas | 005057 |
| Howard | Arkansas | 005061 |
| Little River | Arkansas | 005081 |
| Montgomery | Arkansas | 005097 |
| Pike | Arkansas | 005109 |
| Polk | Arkansas | 005113 |
| Scott | Arkansas | 005127 |
| Sevier | Arkansas | 005133 |
| McCurtain | Oklahoma | 040089 |
Program the six-digit code into your radio's SAME location list - the SAME code guide walks through it, and how alert radios work explains what the radio does with it.
Hearing KXI97
Any receiver that tunes 162.400 MHz FM can listen: scanners, VHF ham radios, marine sets, or a software-defined receiver. What those do not do is wake you at 3 a.m. - for that you want a dedicated radio with SAME alerting, covered in the buyer's guide.
Every Arkansas transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Arkansas. Or look any county up with the finder.
Sources:
- “NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.