WXK20

WXK20 - Paris All Hazards

City	Paris, Texas
Broadcast area	Paris / Bonham / Greenville / Sulphur Springs / Clarksville / Mount Vernon, Texas / Durant / Hugo, Oklahoma
Branding	NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan	The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency	162.550 MHz
Format	Weather/Civil Emergency
Language(s)	English
Power	1,000 Watts
HAAT	499 MHz
Class	C
Owner	NOAA/National Weather Service
Website	www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd

WXK20 (sometimes referred to as Paris All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves Paris and surrounding areas near the Red River. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Fort Worth, Texas with its transmitter located in Paris. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Red River, & Titus counties in Texas and Bryan & Choctaw counties in Oklahoma.

Throughout early 2009, all NOAA Weather Radio Stations within the North Texas region (including WXK20) began airing a monthly 5 minute talk show titled "The Lightning Bolt" where listener-submitted questions related to weather are answered by meteorologists.^[1]

Coverage Map

Coverage Area of WXK20 in Paris

References

↑ The Lightning Bolt - NWS - Fort Worth (accessed July 5, 2009)

External links

Radio stations in the Paris, Texas area

By AM frequency	1230 1250 1350 1400 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.3 90.1 91.3 91.9 93.5 93.9 95.5 95.9 96.5 96.7 97.7 98.5 98.9 101.9 102.7 104.3 105.9 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	K201FX K211DS K217CP K274BA K290AP KALK KBEL-FM KBUS KCAR KETR KFYN-FM KGAP KGVL KHCP KIKT KITX KLOW KMMY KOYN KPLT KPLT-FM KQPA-FM KSCH KSCN KSST KZHN WXK20

Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Sherman–Denison Texarkana Tyler–Longview Idabel, OK See also List of radio stations in Texas

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