WZ2527: NOAA Weather Radio for Fredericksburg, Virginia
WZ2527 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Fredericksburg, broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington office's broadcast and covers 15 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | WZ2527 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.425 MHz |
| Transmitter | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
| Power | 300 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Baltimore/Washington |
| Status | Normal (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 WZ2527 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Charles | Maryland | 024017 |
| St. Marys | Maryland | 024037 |
| Caroline | Virginia | 051033 |
| City of Fredericksburg | Virginia | 051630 |
| City of Manassas | Virginia | 051683 |
| City of Manassas Park | Virginia | 051685 |
| Culpeper | Virginia | 051047 |
| Essex | Virginia | 051057 |
| Fauquier | Virginia | 051061 |
| King George | Virginia | 051099 |
| Orange | Virginia | 051137 |
| Prince William | Virginia | 051153 |
| Spotsylvania | Virginia | 051177 |
| Stafford | Virginia | 051179 |
| Westmoreland | Virginia | 051193 |
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 WZ2527
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 Virginia transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Virginia. Or look any county up with the finder.
Sources:
- “NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.