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Overview
WWG79 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for West Liberty, Kentucky, on 162.450 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 Jackson, KY programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
WWG79 covers 2 counties: Elliott County and Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott County | KY | 021063 |
Entire area |
| Morgan County | KY | 021175 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WWG79
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- West Liberty, KY
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Jackson, KY
- Office address
- 1329 Airport Road, Jackson, KY 41339
- Office phone
- 606-666-8000
- Coverage
- 2 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WWG79 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- West Liberty, KY
- NWS office
- Jackson, KY
- Covers
- 2 counties
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