Good Radio Stations To Get Weather Information From

From: "J. Botee" (OnNews@swbell.net):

Courtesy of Jim Meyer, Meyer Info Systems, Kansas City, MO...

Gilbert:
	Have been an amateur meteorolgist since the early 60's & have been tracking severe 
storms in the KC area since about 1970. Would like to add the following to your listings:

RADIO

Kansas

Pittsburg...KKOW-AM 860...Very good severe WX coverage for SE KS, SW MO & extreme NE OK. They 
send reporter/spotters out as does KFDI in Wichita.

Topeka...WIBW-AM 580 & FM 97.3...Breaks into programming for watches/warnings issued over a 
wide area of Kansas (not just the Topeka area). THIS IS THE BEST SEVERE WEATHER STATION ON 
RADIO IN THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS

Missouri
	
Kansas City...WDAF-AM 610...Best severe weather coverage in the immediate KC Metro.
	KCMO-AM 710...Clear channel-50,000 watts in daytime. Shares staff with KMBZ-AM 980.

St. Joseph...Covers NW MO, NE KS & SE NE.

TELEVISION

Kansas City (NOTE: All stations use "corner graphics" during watch/warning periods.
	WDAF Newschannel 4 (FOX)...Has a station radar (a "cheap" Doppler, detects turbulence) 
with frequent use of EAX & TWX WSR-88D. Staff of 4 meterologists with frequent break-ins. In 
addition, uses "tower cam," live units & their helicopter in the field. This is by far the 
best/most technical WX presentation in the KC area. Chief meteorolgist (CM): Mike Thompson.
	KCTV-5 (CBS)...Uses NWS radars. Has remote cameras at over a half-dozen area sites as 
well as remote weather sation linked by modem to station. Only 1 bona-fide meteorologist (CM: 
Gary Amble).
	KMBC-9 (ABC)...Uses NWS radars. Has a "spotter network (human)" that covers about a 25 
mile radius of the city. CM: Bryan Busby.
	KSHB-41 (NBC)...Uses NWS radars. CM: Dave Sweeney.

Topeka...WIBW-13 (CBS)...Has a station radar & uses TWX WSD-88D. This station is one of the 
best I've ever seen on live coverage during severe wx, no doubt inspired by the great June 8, 
1966 F5 that tore the city in half.


I would like to offer a few more stations to your list who are 
dedicated to severe weather reporting.  KSIM AM 1400 Sikeston, MO 
serving Southeast Missouri with severe weather 
information....when severe weather breaks, the radio 
station discontinues most programming until the threat has passed 
with color radar, and our own NWS trained storm spotter.  KZIM AM 
960 Cape Girardeau MO serving Southeast MO and Southern Illinois also 
goes wall to wall with severe weather coverage.   KEZS 102.9 FM 
Cape Girardeau MO and KKLR 94.5 FM Poplar Bluff MO also activate and 
go into "24 hour Storm Center mode" whenever there is severe weather. 
All of these stations are manned 24 hours a day and are owned by the 
Zimmer Radio Group which takes severe weather seriously.  I am the 
storm spotter and weather coordinator for KSIM Sikeston.  Feel free 
to contact me at 573-471-1400 or E-mail ksim@mo.net.  Thank you.
Jeff R. Gillespie
News Director
KSIM Sikeston

From: "Alan D. Davis" (addavis@execpc.com):

Hi Gilbert,

There are two good radio stations in Kenosha, Wisconsin for listening
for weather information.  WLIP: 1050 AM, and WIIL: 95.1 FM.  Both
stations are owned by the same company.  When severe weather breaks in
any portion of their listening area, the stations cease their normal
programming and begin a wall-to-wall simulcast coverage of the severe
weather event.  Their listening area includes Kenosha, Racine, and
Walworth counties in Wisconsin, and Lake and McHenry counties in
Illinois.  They will broadcast the latest info from the NWS or local
authorities, and also cover damage reports from the affected areas.

Alan D. Davis

Kenosha, Wisconsin

addavis@execpc.com


From: Randall Picking (rpicking@midusa.net):

you might want to add the following stations for weather coverage in
central and northeast kansas.  KSAL 1150-am/KYEZ 93.7fm/KZBZ 104.9 in
Salina. KSAJ 98.5fm in Abilene and KBLS 102.5 fm in North Fort Riley.
all the stations are owned by EBC INC and cover severe weather from
Russell on the West to Manhattan on the East . From Concordia on the
North to Newton on the South. In the Event of a Tornado Warning in any
of the counties of some or all of the radio stations, all stations will
similcast severe weather information until the Tornado threat passes.
The stations have 6 trained weather spotters, and is in the process of
getting in house radar which we hope to have real time radar images on
the internet next spring. I'm the severe weather coordinator for all of
the stations. safe chasing

From: Rachel Gavelek:

Hello there--

I know that northeastern Wisconsin is not as a prime a chase area as the southern Plains, but should anyone be out around the Fox Cities looking for storms, an excellent radio station to listen to out of Appleton is WHBY 1150 AM. They serve a huge listening area, have frequent weather updates during watch situations, and break into programming to run continual warnings with location and where the storm is moving to next. An Outagamie Co. emergency siren is located on top of the station, so they are immediate in their actions to break into programming.

I hope this is helpful to Wisconsin chasers!

R. Gavelek

From Kerry Craig:

KVRP FM 99.5 Haskell, Texas is a 100,000 watt station operating its own color X-band radar, since about 1981, with live link to live Doppler radar at KTXS television in Abilene Channel 12 as well as access to NexRad composite doppler, infra-red satellite imagry and a full time staff to man the equjipment during severe weather. Also KVRP AM 1400 Stamford, Texas 1,000 watt station simulcasting with the FM station. Combined coverage is approximately 30 counties around Haskell County, located 50 miles north of Abilene and 75 miles south of Wichita Falls, Texas.

Kerry Craig, News Director

KVRP AM/FM

This list is (C) 1997 and provided by Martin Lisius, Texas Severe Storms Association.