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WXM45: NOAA Weather Radio for Middleville, New York

WXM45 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Middleville (transmitter at Herkimer County), broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Albany 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.

CallsignWXM45
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterMiddleville (transmitter at Herkimer County), New York
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Albany
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.425 MHz as WX4, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WXM45 covers

CountyStateSAME code
FultonNew York036035
HamiltonNew York036041
HerkimerNew York036043
LewisNew York036049
MadisonNew York036053
MontgomeryNew York036057
OneidaNew York036065
OtsegoNew York036077
SchoharieNew York036095

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 WXM45

Any receiver that tunes 162.425 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.

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