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Overview
WNG609 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Riviera, Texas, on 162.525 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Forecasts and warnings on WNG609 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi, TX. The transmitter itself stands at Kingsville. It transmits with 1,030 watts of power.
WNG609 covers 4 counties: Brooks County, Jim Wells County, Kenedy County and Kleberg County. 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.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks County | TX | 048047 |
Entire area |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 048249 |
Entire area |
| Kenedy County | TX | 048261 |
Entire area |
| Kleberg County | TX | 048273 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WNG609
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Riviera, TX
- Transmitter site
- Kingsville
- Power
- 1,030 watts
- NWS office
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Office address
- 426 Pinson Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78406
- Office phone
- 361-289-0959
- Coverage
- 4 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WNG609 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Riviera, TX
- NWS office
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Covers
- 4 counties
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