Latest on Champaign NOAA Weather Radio Outage (Updated March 12th)

NOAA Weather Radio station WXJ-76 in Champaign, which operates on a frequency of 162.550 MHz, remains off the air.

The antenna and cabling was damaged during a recent high wind event, and is inoperable. Our regional headquarters has awarded a contract to a tower climbing crew to ascend the tower and make repairs. Weather (rain and wind) will play a factor as to the climbers' ability to make repairs. At the current time, we are hopeful that repairs will be complete by the end of April.

Weather information is available from the following alternate broadcasts.

County	Alternate transmitters to try
Champaign	No available alternate transmitters Warnings for Champaign County are being routed onto WXJ-75 (Springfield) to allow transmission via the Emergency Alert System. Reception of WXJ-75 in Champaign County is unlikely.
Coles	KXI-47 in Paris (162.525 MHz, channel 6)
De Witt	WXJ-75 in Springfield (162.400 MHz, channel 1) or KZZ-65 in Bloomington (162.525 MHz, channel 6)
Douglas	KXI-47 in Paris (162.525 MHz, channel 6)
Edgar	KXI-47 in Paris (162.525 MHz, channel 6).
Ford	WXK-24 in Odell (162.450 MHz, channel 3)
Moultrie	KXI-46 in Shelbyville (162.500 MHz, channel 5)
Piatt	No available alternate transmitters Warnings for Piatt County are being routed onto WXJ-75 (Springfield) to allow transmission via the Emergency Alert System. The best chance of receiving WXJ-75 in Piatt County is in the western fringes of the county.
Vermilion	KXI-86 in Crescent City (162.500 MHz, channel 5) for the north half of the county, and KZZ-27 in Newport, IN (162.425 MHz, channel 2) for the south half of the county

Champaign NOAA Weather Radio outage information