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WNG710: NOAA Weather Radio for Pago Pago, American Samoa

WNG710 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Pago Pago, broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Pago Pago office's broadcast and covers 3 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWNG710
Frequency162.400 MHz
TransmitterPago Pago, American Samoa
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Pago Pago
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.400 MHz as WX2, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WNG710 covers

CountyStateSAME code
Eastern DistrictAmerican Samoa060010
Manua DistrictAmerican Samoa060020
Western DistrictAmerican Samoa060050

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 WNG710

Any receiver that tunes 162.400 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 American Samoa transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in American Samoa. Or look any county up with the finder.

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