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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear KPS503, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Glennallen area of Alaska. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on KPS503 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Anchorage, AK. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 2 boroughs and census areas: Copper River and Matanuska-Susitna (south and east parts). A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| Area | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper River | AK | 002066 |
Entire area |
| Matanuska-Susitna | AK | 002170 |
South and east parts |
Station details
- Call sign
- KPS503
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Glennallen, AK
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Anchorage, AK
- Office address
- 6930 Sand Lake Rd, Anchorage, AK 99502
- Office phone
- 907-266-5105
- Coverage
- 2 boroughs and census areas
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
KPS503 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Glennallen, AK
- NWS office
- Anchorage, AK
- Covers
- 2 counties
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