WXL34: NOAA Weather Radio for Albany, New York
WXL34 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Albany (transmitter at New Scotland), broadcasting on 162.550 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Albany office's broadcast and covers 10 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
Listed out of service in the NWS coverage data this page is built from (retrieved July 2026). If you cannot hear it, that is probably why - the finder lists the other transmitters covering each county below, and the NWS posts outage notices on its own site.
| Callsign | WXL34 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.550 MHz |
| Transmitter | Albany (transmitter at New Scotland), New York |
| Power | 1000 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Albany |
| Status | Out Of Service (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.550 MHz as WX1, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties WXL34 covers
| County | State | SAME code | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | Massachusetts | 025003 | W |
| Albany | New York | 036001 | |
| Columbia | New York | 036021 | |
| Fulton | New York | 036035 | |
| Greene | New York | 036039 | |
| Montgomery | New York | 036057 | |
| Rensselaer | New York | 036083 | |
| Saratoga | New York | 036091 | |
| Schenectady | New York | 036093 | |
| Schoharie | New York | 036095 |
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 WXL34
Any receiver that tunes 162.550 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 New York transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in New York. 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.