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KXI89: NOAA Weather Radio for Eatonton, Georgia

KXI89 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Eatonton, broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Peachtree City office's broadcast and covers 17 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKXI89
Frequency162.525 MHz
TransmitterEatonton, Georgia
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Peachtree City
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.525 MHz as WX7, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KXI89 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BaldwinGeorgia013009
BibbGeorgia013021
ButtsGeorgia013035
GreeneGeorgia013133
HancockGeorgia013141
HenryGeorgia013151
JasperGeorgia013159
JonesGeorgia013169
LamarGeorgia013171
MonroeGeorgia013207
MorganGeorgia013211
NewtonGeorgia013217
OconeeGeorgia013219
PutnamGeorgia013237
RockdaleGeorgia013247
TaliaferroGeorgia013265
WaltonGeorgia013297

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 KXI89

Any receiver that tunes 162.525 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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