WNG547: NOAA Weather Radio, Sugarloaf Mtn

162.450 MHz · 100 W · On the air

WNG547 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Sugarloaf Mtn, Maine, at 100 W. The National Weather Service office in Gray/Portland, ME programs it. It covers 8 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG547 (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: WNG547
Frequency: 162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power: 100 W
Status: On the air
Station: Sugarloaf Mtn
State: Maine
NWS office: Gray/Portland, ME
Location: 45.0317, -70.3131

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
Androscoggin	Maine	023001	North 1/2
Franklin	Maine	023007	Whole county
Kennebec	Maine	023011	North 1/2
Oxford	Maine	023017	Whole county
Penobscot	Maine	023019	Northwest
Piscataquis	Maine	023021	S 2/3
Somerset	Maine	023025	Southern 2/3
Waldo	Maine	023027	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

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 10:36 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.