WNG530: NOAA Weather Radio for East Point, Alaska
WNG530 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at East Point (transmitter at Naked Island), broadcasting on 162.500 MHz at 5 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Anchorage office's broadcast and covers 1 county, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | WNG530 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.500 MHz |
| Transmitter | East Point (transmitter at Naked Island), Alaska |
| Power | 5 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Anchorage |
| Status | Normal (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.500 MHz as WX6, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties WNG530 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Chugach | Alaska | 002063 |
Program the six-digit code into your radio's SAME location list - the SAME code guide walks through it, and how alert radios work explains what the radio does with it.
Hearing WNG530
Any receiver that tunes 162.500 MHz FM can listen: scanners, VHF ham radios, marine sets, or a software-defined receiver. What those do not do is wake you at 3 a.m. - for that you want a dedicated radio with SAME alerting, covered in the buyer's guide.
Every Alaska transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Alaska. Or look any county up with the finder.
Sources:
- “NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.