WWF42: NOAA Weather Radio, Ponca City

162.450 MHz · 312 W · On the air

WWF42 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Ponca City, Oklahoma, at 312 W. The National Weather Service office in Norman, OK programs it. It covers 7 counties in Kansas and Oklahoma.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WWF42 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign: WWF42
Frequency: 162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power: 312 W
Status: On the air
Station: Ponca City
State: Oklahoma
NWS office: Norman, OK
Location: 36.6893, -97.1684

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
Cowley	Kansas	020035	Whole county
Sumner	Kansas	020191	Whole county
Garfield	Oklahoma	040047	Whole county
Grant	Oklahoma	040053	Whole county
Kay	Oklahoma	040071	Whole county
Noble	Oklahoma	040103	Whole county
Osage	Oklahoma	040113	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

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 11:46 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.