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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.475 MHz to hear WNG557, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Faith area of South Dakota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Rapid City, SD programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
WNG557 covers 3 counties: Perkins County, Ziebach County and Meade County (north part). If your radio supports SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding), program the six-digit code for your county from the table below so it alerts only for warnings that affect you.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade County | SD | 046093 |
Entire area |
| Meade County | SD | 246093 |
North part |
| Perkins County | SD | 046105 |
Entire area |
| Ziebach County | SD | 046137 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WNG557
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Faith, SD
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Rapid City, SD
- Office address
- 300 East Signal Drive, Rapid City, SD 57701
- Office phone
- 605-341-9271
- Coverage
- 3 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WNG557 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Faith, SD
- NWS office
- Rapid City, SD
- Covers
- 4 counties
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