WNG549: NOAA Weather Radio, Columbus

162.450 MHz · 1,020 W · On the air

WNG549 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Columbus, with the transmitter at Platte County, Nebraska, at 1,020 W. The National Weather Service office in Omaha/Valley, NE programs it. It covers 8 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG549 (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: WNG549
Frequency: 162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power: 1,020 W
Status: On the air
Station: Columbus
Transmitter site: Platte County
State: Nebraska
NWS office: Omaha/Valley, NE
Location: 41.4525, -97.2530

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
Butler	Nebraska	031023	Whole county
Colfax	Nebraska	031037	Whole county
Dodge	Nebraska	031053	Whole county
Merrick	Nebraska	031121	Whole county
Nance	Nebraska	031125	Whole county
Platte	Nebraska	031141	Whole county
Polk	Nebraska	031143	Whole county
Saunders	Nebraska	031155	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.