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WWF45: NOAA Weather Radio for Roosevelt, Minnesota

WWF45 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Roosevelt, broadcasting on 162.450 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Grand Forks 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.

CallsignWWF45
Frequency162.450 MHz
TransmitterRoosevelt, Minnesota
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Grand Forks
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.450 MHz as WX5, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WWF45 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BeltramiMinnesota027007
Lake of the WoodsMinnesota027077
RoseauMinnesota027135

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 WWF45

Any receiver that tunes 162.450 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 Minnesota transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Minnesota. Or look any county up with the finder.

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