City El Paso, Texas Frequency 162.475 MHz | Branding NOAA Weather Radio First air date 1980 | |
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Broadcast area El Paso metropolitan area Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service | ||
WXK25 (also known as El Paso English All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the El Paso metropolitan area and surrounding cities. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Santa Teresa, New Mexico with its transmitter located on Franklin Mountain in El Paso, Texas. It broadcasts weather and hazard information in English for El Paso & Hudspeth counties in Texas and Doña Ana & Otero Counties in New Mexico.
El Paso was the largest city in the United States without a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter, which first made its debut in 1980. Originally broadcasting on 162.55 MHz, its frequency was moved to 162.475 MHz by 1981.
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