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Frenchville, Station KHB-55, broadcasting on 162.475 MHz, is serving northern Maine and all of the Saint John Valley. This includes Allagash, Fort Kent, Eagle Lake, and Van Buren areas. 

Upcoming, with the target date of November 1st, will be the Springfield and Meddybemps transmitters.  Springfield will be Station WXN-28 and will broadcast on 162.500 MHz.  This station will be serving Central Maine including the Danforth, Topsfield, Lincoln and West Grand Lake Regions.  Meddybemps will be Station KHC-47 and will broadcast on 162.425 MHz.  This transmitter will service Interior Washington county of Downeast Maine, including Calais, Robbinston, Eastport, Wesley, and Grand Lake Stream.

By early this winter, with the general target date around the end of November to early December, Greenville is expected to begin broadcasting on a frequency of 162.525 MHz and serve the Moosehead Lake Region, southern Somerset County and Southern Piscataquis County.  And by early in 2003, the Cutler site will begin its broadcast on 162.550

MHz and will be utilized primarily with marine programming.

In the  pictures below, White represents good NOAA Weather Radio listening reception, Green is marginal and often dependant on weather conditions for any reception at all, and Pink represents no listening coverage at all.  As you can see by the maps, we have gone from limited availability of the weather radio reception areas, to excellent coverage of all populated areas within the state.  Only the sparsely populated wilderness area of northwest Maine will have marginal or poor weather radio reception. 

Who Needs NOAA Weather Radio?
Public safety experts agree: the receivers should be standard equipment in every home. They are especially valuable in places that are entrusted with public safety, including hospitals, schools, places of worship, nursing homes, restaurants, grocery stores, recreational centers, and any other public gathering place. 
NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts warn

ings and post-event information for all types of hazards.  In addition to weather warnings, other natural hazards (such as earthquakes and volcano activity) and technological hazards (such as chemical or oil spills) are also part of the "All Hazards" capability of NOAA Weather Radio.  This makes it the single source for the most comprehensive weather and emergency information available to the public. 
Weather radios equipped with a special alarm tone feature can sound an alert and give you immediate information about life-threatening situations. During an emergency, the NWS will interrupt routine programming with  a special alert tone that will active radios within the listening area.  That means that even in the middle of the night, these radios can awaken you and your family in order that you have the chance to move to a place of safety. Like the smoke detector, or the carbon monoxide detector,  NOAA Weather Radio is a vital safety accessory for today's families.

NOAA Weather Radio: Before Upgrades -- and After Upgrades Complete

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