WNG651
City | Palo Pinto, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Mineral Wells / Graham / Decatur / Fort Worth / Breckenridge / Stephenville / Granbury |
Branding | NOAA All Hazards Radio |
Slogan | The Voice Of The National Weather Service |
Frequency | 162.525 MHz |
Format | Weather/Civil Emergency |
Language(s) | English |
Power | 300 Watts |
HAAT | 325 M |
Class | C |
Owner | NOAA/National Weather Service |
Website | www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd |
WNG651 (sometimes referred to as Mineral Wells All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves Mineral Wells and surrounding cities including the western half of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is programmed from the NWS Fort Worth office with its transmitter located in Palo Pinto. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following Counties: Erath, Hood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Tarrant, Wise, and Young.
Hourly conditions on this station are reported for the following cities: Mineral Wells, Graham, Bridgeport, Granbury, Stephenville, Abilene, Wichita Falls, and DFW Airport.
Throughout early 2009, all NOAA Weather Radio Stations within the North Texas region (including WNG651) began airing a monthly 15-minute talk show titled "The Lightning Bolt" where listener-submitted questions related to weather are answered by meteorologists.[1]
References
- ↑ The Lightning Bolt - NWS - Fort Worth (accessed July 5, 2009)