KZZ27: NOAA Weather Radio, Newport

162.425 MHz · 300 W · On the air

KZZ27 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.425 MHz (WX4 on most receivers) from Newport, with the transmitter at Vermillion, Indiana, at 300 W. The National Weather Service office in Indianapolis, IN programs it. It covers 4 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KZZ27 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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The transmitter

Call sign: KZZ27
Frequency: 162.425 MHz (WX4)
Power: 300 W
Status: On the air
Station: Newport
Transmitter site: Vermillion
State: Indiana
NWS office: Indianapolis, IN
Location: 39.8539, -87.4083

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
Fountain	Indiana	018045	Whole county
Parke	Indiana	018121	Whole county
Vermillion	Indiana	018165	Whole county
Warren	Indiana	018171	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.