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WWF69: NOAA Weather Radio for Fort Pierce, Florida

WWF69 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Fort Pierce, broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 875 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Melbourne office's broadcast and covers 4 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWWF69
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterFort Pierce, Florida
Power875 watts
Forecast officeNWS Melbourne
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.425 MHz as WX4, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WWF69 covers

CountyStateSAME code
Indian RiverFlorida012061
MartinFlorida012085
OkeechobeeFlorida012093
St. LucieFlorida012111

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 WWF69

Any receiver that tunes 162.425 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 Florida transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Florida. Or look any county up with the finder.

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