Weather radio in Michigan

WNG701: NOAA Weather Radio, Bad Axe

162.525 MHz · 100 W · On the air

WNG701 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.525 MHz (WX7 on most receivers) from Bad Axe, with the transmitter at Bad Axe (Port Austin), Michigan, at 100 W. The National Weather Service office in Detroit/Pontiac, MI programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG701 (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
WNG701
Frequency
162.525 MHz (WX7)
Power
100 W
Status
On the air
Station
Bad Axe
Transmitter site
Bad Axe (Port Austin)
NWS office
Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Location
43.7942, -83.0019

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
AlconaMichigan026001Whole county
ArenacMichigan026011Whole county
HuronMichigan026063Whole county
IoscoMichigan026069Whole county
SanilacMichigan026151Whole county
TuscolaMichigan026157Whole 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 October 2, 2026 at 4:41 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.