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Overview
WWF60 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Buck Mountain, North Carolina, on 162.500 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh, NC programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter site is listed as Biscoe. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 10 counties in North Carolina; the full list is in the table below. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anson County | NC | 037007 |
Entire area |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 037025 |
Entire area |
| Davidson County | NC | 037057 |
Entire area |
| Montgomery County | NC | 037123 |
Entire area |
| Moore County | NC | 037125 |
Entire area |
| Randolph County | NC | 037151 |
Entire area |
| Richmond County | NC | 037153 |
Entire area |
| Rowan County | NC | 037159 |
Entire area |
| Stanly County | NC | 037167 |
Entire area |
| Union County | NC | 037179 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WWF60
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Buck Mountain, NC
- Transmitter site
- Biscoe
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Raleigh, NC
- Office address
- 1005 Capability Dr #300, Raleigh, NC 27606
- Office phone
- 919-326-1042
- Coverage
- 10 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WWF60 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Buck Mountain, NC
- NWS office
- Raleigh, NC
- Covers
- 10 counties
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