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WNG735: NOAA Weather Radio for New Philadelphia, Ohio

WNG735 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at New Philadelphia (transmitter at Tuscarawas County), broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 304 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Pittsburgh 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.

CallsignWNG735
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterNew Philadelphia (transmitter at Tuscarawas County), Ohio
Power304 watts
Forecast officeNWS Pittsburgh
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 WNG735 covers

CountyStateSAME code
CarrollOhio039019
CoshoctonOhio039031
GuernseyOhio039059
HarrisonOhio039067
HolmesOhio039075
StarkOhio039151
TuscarawasOhio039157
WayneOhio039169

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 WNG735

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

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