KZZ73
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| City of license | Dayton, Washington [2] |
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| Broadcast area | Blue Mountains of Washington [3] |
| Branding | NOAA All Hazards Radio |
| Slogan | The Voice Of The National Weather Service |
| Frequency | 162.525 MHz [4] |
| Format | Weather/Civil Emergency |
| Language(s) | English |
| Power | 300 Watts [5] |
| Class | C |
| Owner | NOAA/National Weather Service |
| Website | www.wrh.noaa.gov/pdt |
KZZ73 is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Blue Mountains of Washington. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Pendleton, Oregon with its transmitter located near Dayton.
Despite only serving three counties, KZZ73 has an extremely powerful transmitter, where the station can be heard across large areas of the Columbia Basin, Palouse and Blue Mountains. It can also be heard as far north as Wenatchee and Moses Lake; and as far west as Ryegrass Summit near Ellensburg. KZZ73 has also been heard from Silverwood Theme Park in Kootenai County, ID.
It broadcasts weather and hazard information for Columbia, Garfield, and Whitman Counties in Southeast Washington.
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County Coverage for KZZ73 (SAME/FIPS Codes)
- Columbia, WA - 053013
- Garfield, WA - 053023
- Whitman, WA - 053075
Related NOAA Weather Radio Stations
Serving any of the counties served by KZZ73
- WXL86 in Spokane, Washington - Garfield and Whitman Counties
- WXK98 in Lewiston, Idaho - Garfield and Whitman Counties
- KXI82 in Grangeville, Idaho - Garfield and Whitman Counties
- WZ2535 in Orofino, Idaho - Garfield and Whitman Counties
Other Stations Served by NWS Pendleton
- WXL95 in Pendleton, Oregon
- WWF56 in Richland, Washington
- WZ2522 in Ukiah, Oregon
- KIG75 in Yakima, Washington
- WWH27 in Plymouth, Washington
- WXM34 in The Dalles, Oregon
- WXN21 in Cle Elum, Washington
- WWF80 in Bend, Oregon
- WNG559 in Fossil, Oregon
- WNG560 in John Day, Oregon
