Weather Radio

After nearly 14 months with no resolution to the Champaign county NOAA weather radio, WCIA and the National Weather Service in Lincoln have come to an agreement to allow the NOAA weather radio transmitter to be mounted on the WCIA broadcast tower.

As soon as a tower crew is hired by NOAA they will be installing the equipment that will soon restore the signal to the over 200,000 people of Champaign county.

This radio broadcast sends out ALERTS for tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flood warnings for our area.

This crucial tool allows people to be alerted in the middle of the night, in the event of life-threatening weather. Many people who live in rural areas without tornado sirens rely upon this service to be alerted of bad weather.

WCIA has become a partner with the leading manufacturer of NOAA weather radios, Midland. You can pick up your radio at the Ace hardware in Mahomet or Gibson City, or the Hyvee in Springfield.

WCIA will start holding weather radio programming events so that you can get your radio setup just the way you want it. Keep checking back for announcements on when those are scheduled.

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Find your county’s weather radio program code

County	S.A.M.E. #	NWR Transmitter	Call Sign	Frequency
Cass	17017	Jacksonville	WXM90	162.525
Cass	17017	Macomb	WXJ92	162.5
Cass	17017	Springfield	WXJ75	162.4
Champaign	17019	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Christian	17021	Shelbyville	KXI46	162.5
Christian	17021	Springfield	WXJ75	162.4
Coles	17029	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Coles	17029	Paris	KXI47	162.525
De Witt	17039	Bloomington	KZZ65	162.525
De Witt	17039	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
De Witt	17039	Springfield	WXJ75	162.4
Douglas	17041	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Douglas	17041	Paris	KXI47	162.525
Edgar	17045	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Edgar	17045	Paris	KXI47	162.525
Effingham	17049	Newton	KXI48	162.45
Effingham	17049	Shelbyville	KXI46	162.5
Ford	17053	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Ford	17053	Crescent City	KXI86	162.5
Ford	17053	Odell	WXK24	162.45
Iroquois	17075	Crescent City	KXI86	162.5
Iroquois	17075	Kankakee	KZZ58	162.525
Iroquois	17075	Odell	WXK24	162.45
Logan	17107	Springfield	WXJ75	162.4
Macon	17115	Springfield	WXJ75	162.4
Morgan	17137	Jacksonville	WXM90	162.525
Morgan	17137	Springfield	WXJ75	162.4
Moultrie	17139	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Moultrie	17139	Shelbyville	KXI46	162.5
Piatt	17147	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Sangamon	17167	Springfield	WXJ75	162.4
Shelby	17173	Shelbyville	KXI46	162.5
Vermilion	17183	Champaign	WXJ76	162.55
Vermilion	17183	Crescent City	KXI86	162.5