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KGG86: NOAA Weather Radio for Fountain Hill, Arkansas

KGG86 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Fountain Hill, broadcasting on 162.475 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Jackson office's broadcast and covers 12 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKGG86
Frequency162.475 MHz
TransmitterFountain Hill, Arkansas
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Jackson
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.475 MHz as WX3, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KGG86 covers

CountyStateSAME code
AshleyArkansas005003
BradleyArkansas005011
CalhounArkansas005013
ChicotArkansas005017
ClevelandArkansas005025
DeshaArkansas005041
DrewArkansas005043
UnionArkansas005139
LincolnLouisiana022061
MorehouseLouisiana022067
UnionLouisiana022111
West CarrollLouisiana022123

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 KGG86

Any receiver that tunes 162.475 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 Arkansas transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Arkansas. Or look any county up with the finder.

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