WXL60

WXL60 - Roanoke All Hazards
City Roanoke, Virginia
Broadcast area Roanoke Metro
Branding NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency 162.475 MHz
Format Weather/Civil Emergency
Power 1,000 Watts
Class C
Owner NOAA/National Weather Service
Website www.erh.noaa.gov/rnk

WXL60 (sometimes referred to as Roanoke All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Roanoke metropolitan area and surrounding cities. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Blacksburg, Virginia, with its transmitter located on the broadcast tower of public radio station WVTF in Roanoke.

It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following counties: Alleghany, Amherst, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Halifax, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, and Wythe as well as the individual cities of Bedford, Buena Vista, Clifton Forge, Covington, Danville, Galax, Lexington, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke and Salem.

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