Weather radio in Florida

WWG59: NOAA Weather Radio, Venice

162.400 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WWG59 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Venice, Florida, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Tampa Bay Area, FL programs it. It covers 5 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WWG59 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

  • On the air
  • Degraded
  • Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign
WWG59
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Venice
State
Florida
NWS office
Tampa Bay Area, FL
Location
27.1331, -82.3944

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

CountyStateSAME codeCoverage
CharlotteFlorida012015Whole county
DeSotoFlorida012027Whole county
HardeeFlorida012049Whole county
ManateeFlorida012081Whole county
SarasotaFlorida012115Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.