WWG99: NOAA Weather Radio, Bonners Ferry

162.500 MHz · 100 W · On the air

WWG99 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from Bonners Ferry, with the transmitter at Black Mountain, Idaho, at 100 W. The National Weather Service office in Spokane, WA programs it. It covers 6 counties in Idaho, Montana and Washington.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WWG99 (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: WWG99
Frequency: 162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power: 100 W
Status: On the air
Station: Bonners Ferry
Transmitter site: Black Mountain
State: Idaho
NWS office: Spokane, WA
Location: 48.6103, -116.2567

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.

County	State	SAME code	Coverage
Bonner	Idaho	016017	Whole county
Boundary	Idaho	016021	Whole county
Kootenai	Idaho	016055	North central
Lincoln	Montana	030053	West
Sanders	Montana	030089	Whole county
Spokane	Washington	053063	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

Weather radio in Idaho Every transmitter The forecast here Alerts in force in Idaho

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read October 1, 2026 at 3:52 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.