WXM72: NOAA Weather Radio for Hinton, West Virginia
WXM72 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Hinton (transmitter at Keeney Mtn.), broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Blacksburg office's broadcast and covers 15 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | WXM72 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.425 MHz |
| Transmitter | Hinton (transmitter at Keeney Mtn.), West Virginia |
| Power | 1000 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Blacksburg |
| Status | Normal (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 WXM72 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Alleghany | Virginia | 051005 |
| Bath | Virginia | 051017 |
| Bland | Virginia | 051021 |
| City of Covington | Virginia | 051580 |
| Craig | Virginia | 051045 |
| Giles | Virginia | 051071 |
| Tazewell | Virginia | 051185 |
| Fayette | West Virginia | 054019 |
| Greenbrier | West Virginia | 054025 |
| Mercer | West Virginia | 054055 |
| Monroe | West Virginia | 054063 |
| Nicholas | West Virginia | 054067 |
| Pocahontas | West Virginia | 054075 |
| Raleigh | West Virginia | 054081 |
| Summers | West Virginia | 054089 |
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 WXM72
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 West Virginia transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in West Virginia. 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.