WNG707: NOAA Weather Radio, Kensington

162.400 MHz · 314 W · On the air

WNG707 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Kensington, with the transmitter at Hoffman, Minnesota, at 314 W. The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG707 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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The transmitter

Call sign: WNG707
Frequency: 162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power: 314 W
Status: On the air
Station: Kensington
Transmitter site: Hoffman
State: Minnesota
NWS office: Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
Location: 45.8318, -95.7211

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
Big Stone	Minnesota	027011	Whole county
Douglas	Minnesota	027041	Whole county
Grant	Minnesota	027051	Whole county
Pope	Minnesota	027121	Whole county
Stevens	Minnesota	027149	Whole county
Traverse	Minnesota	027155	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

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 7:31 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.