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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.500 MHz to hear WWG99, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Bonners Ferry area of Idaho. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WWG99 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Spokane, WA. The transmitter site is listed as Black Mountain. It transmits with 100 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 6 counties: Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Sanders County, MT, Spokane County, WA, Kootenai County, ID (north central part) and Lincoln County, MT (west 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonner County | ID | 016017 |
Entire area |
| Boundary County | ID | 016021 |
Entire area |
| Kootenai County | ID | 016055 |
North central part |
| Lincoln County | MT | 030053 |
West part |
| Sanders County | MT | 030089 |
Entire area |
| Spokane County | WA | 053063 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WWG99
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bonners Ferry, ID
- Transmitter site
- Black Mountain
- Power
- 100 watts
- NWS office
- Spokane, WA
- Office address
- 2601 N Rambo Rd, Spokane, WA 99224
- Office phone
- 509-244-0110
- Coverage
- 6 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WWG99 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bonners Ferry, ID
- NWS office
- Spokane, WA
- Covers
- 6 counties
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