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WWG36: NOAA Weather Radio for Roswell, New Mexico

WWG36 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Roswell, broadcasting on 162.450 MHz at 100 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Albuquerque office's broadcast and covers 1 county, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

Listed out of service in the NWS coverage data this page is built from (retrieved July 2026). If you cannot hear it, that is probably why - the finder lists the other transmitters covering each county below, and the NWS posts outage notices on its own site.

CallsignWWG36
Frequency162.450 MHz
TransmitterRoswell, New Mexico
Power100 watts
Forecast officeNWS Albuquerque
StatusOut Of Service (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 WWG36 covers

CountyStateSAME code
ChavesNew Mexico035005

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 WWG36

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

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