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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear WNG589, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Altoona area of Pennsylvania. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WNG589 are produced by the National Weather Service office in State College, PA. The transmitter site is listed as Frankstown. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
WNG589 covers 4 counties: Blair County, Cambria County, Bedford County (north part) and Huntingdon County (west part). SAME-capable weather radios filter alerts by county: program the six-digit SAME code listed below for each county you want alerts for.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford County | PA | 042009 |
North part |
| Blair County | PA | 042013 |
Entire area |
| Cambria County | PA | 042021 |
Entire area |
| Huntingdon County | PA | 042061 |
West part |
Station details
- Call sign
- WNG589
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Altoona, PA
- Transmitter site
- Frankstown
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- State College, PA
- Office address
- 328 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803
- Office phone
- 814-231-2408
- Coverage
- 4 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA
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Location
WNG589 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Altoona, PA
- NWS office
- State College, PA
- Covers
- 4 counties
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