Weather radio in Missouri

WWG49: NOAA Weather Radio, Fredericktown

162.500 MHz · 1,270 W · On the air

WWG49 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from Fredericktown, Missouri, at 1,270 W. The National Weather Service office in St. Louis, MO programs it. It covers 8 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WWG49 (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
WWG49
Frequency
162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power
1,270 W
Status
On the air
Station
Fredericktown
NWS office
St. Louis, MO
Location
37.4538, -90.3761

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
BollingerMissouri029017Whole county
IronMissouri029093Whole county
MadisonMissouri029123Whole county
PerryMissouri029157Whole county
ReynoldsMissouri029179Whole county
St. FrancoisMissouri029187Whole county
Ste. GenevieveMissouri029186Whole county
WayneMissouri029223Whole 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 September 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.