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WWG72: NOAA Weather Radio for Georgia, Indiana

WWG72 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Georgia, broadcasting on 162.500 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Indianapolis office's broadcast and covers 8 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWWG72
Frequency162.500 MHz
TransmitterGeorgia, Indiana
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Indianapolis
StatusNormal (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 WWG72 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BrownIndiana018013
DaviessIndiana018027
DuboisIndiana018037
GreeneIndiana018055
LawrenceIndiana018093
MartinIndiana018101
MonroeIndiana018105
OrangeIndiana018117

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 WWG72

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 Indiana transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Indiana. Or look any county up with the finder.

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