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KXI76: NOAA Weather Radio for La Grange, Georgia

KXI76 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at La Grange, broadcasting on 162.450 MHz at 324 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Peachtree City office's broadcast and covers 7 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKXI76
Frequency162.450 MHz
TransmitterLa Grange, Georgia
Power324 watts
Forecast officeNWS Peachtree City
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.450 MHz as WX5, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KXI76 covers

CountyStateSAME code
ChambersAlabama001017
RandolphAlabama001111
CarrollGeorgia013045
CowetaGeorgia013077
HeardGeorgia013149
MeriwetherGeorgia013199
TroupGeorgia013285

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 KXI76

Any receiver that tunes 162.450 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 Georgia transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Georgia. Or look any county up with the finder.

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