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WXK22: NOAA Weather Radio for Sherman, Texas

WXK22 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Sherman (transmitter at Sherman/Denison), broadcasting on 162.475 MHz at 1030 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Fort Worth-Dallas 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.

CallsignWXK22
Frequency162.475 MHz
TransmitterSherman (transmitter at Sherman/Denison), Texas
Power1030 watts
Forecast officeNWS Fort Worth-Dallas
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 WXK22 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BryanOklahoma040013
CarterOklahoma040019
JohnstonOklahoma040069
LoveOklahoma040085
MarshallOklahoma040095
CollinTexas048085
CookeTexas048097
DentonTexas048121
FanninTexas048147
GraysonTexas048181

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 WXK22

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 Texas transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Texas. Or look any county up with the finder.

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