Weather radio in Georgia

WXJ28: NOAA Weather Radio, Jesup

162.450 MHz · 300 W · On the air

WXJ28 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Jesup, Georgia, at 300 W. The National Weather Service office in Jacksonville, FL programs it. It covers 9 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXJ28 (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
WXJ28
Frequency
162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power
300 W
Status
On the air
Station
Jesup
State
Georgia
NWS office
Jacksonville, FL
Location
31.6742, -81.8867

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
ApplingGeorgia013001Whole county
BaconGeorgia013005Whole county
BrantleyGeorgia013025Whole county
LibertyGeorgia013179Whole county
LongGeorgia013183Whole county
McIntoshGeorgia013191West
PierceGeorgia013229Whole county
TattnallGeorgia013267Whole county
WayneGeorgia013305Whole 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 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.