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WXJ52: NOAA Weather Radio for Fayetteville, Arkansas

WXJ52 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Fayetteville (transmitter at Winslow), broadcasting on 162.475 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Tulsa 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.

CallsignWXJ52
Frequency162.475 MHz
TransmitterFayetteville (transmitter at Winslow), Arkansas
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Tulsa
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.475 MHz as WX3, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WXJ52 covers

CountyStateSAME codeNote
BentonArkansas005007
CarrollArkansas005015
CrawfordArkansas005033
FranklinArkansas005047
MadisonArkansas005087
SebastianArkansas005131ALL
WashingtonArkansas005143
AdairOklahoma040001
DelawareOklahoma040041

A county marked with a note (for example partial coverage) is served for that portion only. 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 WXJ52

Any receiver that tunes 162.475 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.

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