Weather radio in Washington

WWF56: NOAA Weather Radio, Richland

162.450 MHz · 300 W · On the air

WWF56 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Richland, Washington, at 300 W. The National Weather Service office in Pendleton, OR programs it. It covers 7 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WWF56 (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
WWF56
Frequency
162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power
300 W
Status
On the air
Station
Richland
NWS office
Pendleton, OR
Location
46.3974, -119.5996

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
AdamsWashington053001Whole county
BentonWashington053005Whole county
FranklinWashington053021Whole county
GrantWashington053025Whole county
KlickitatWashington053039Whole county
Walla WallaWashington053071Whole county
YakimaWashington053077Whole 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 6:48 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.