WNG711: NOAA Weather Radio, Olivia

162.400 MHz · 300 W · On the air

WNG711 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Olivia, with the transmitter at Renville County, Minnesota, at 300 W. The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG711 (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: WNG711
Frequency: 162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power: 300 W
Status: On the air
Station: Olivia
Transmitter site: Renville County
State: Minnesota
NWS office: Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
Location: 44.7761, -94.9819

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
Brown	Minnesota	027015	Whole county
Chippewa	Minnesota	027023	Whole county
Kandiyohi	Minnesota	027067	Whole county
Redwood	Minnesota	027127	Whole county
Renville	Minnesota	027129	Whole county
Yellow Medicine	Minnesota	027173	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 6:58 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.