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WWG57: NOAA Weather Radio for Mansfield, Ohio

WWG57 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Mansfield (transmitter at Butler), broadcasting on 162.450 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Cleveland office's broadcast and covers 10 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWWG57
Frequency162.450 MHz
TransmitterMansfield (transmitter at Butler), Ohio
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Cleveland
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 WWG57 covers

CountyStateSAME code
AshlandOhio039005
CrawfordOhio039033
HolmesOhio039075
KnoxOhio039083
LickingOhio039089
MarionOhio039101
MorrowOhio039117
RichlandOhio039139
WayneOhio039169
WyandotOhio039175

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 WWG57

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

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