Bringing Connectivity to Pitkin County
What We Do
Do you listen to the radio in the morning for the latest snow report? Maybe you watch the evening news to catch up on anything you missed. We build and maintain the translators that provide these over-the-air TV and FM radio stations.
What is Telecoms
Telecommunications (or telecoms for short) is the practice of communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting.
TV/FM & Broadband
Our team designs, builds and maintains remote mountain top TV & FM communications facilities and leads the Pitkin County Broadband Initiative to increase the availability of fiber internet and wireless broadband services.
Public Safety
Our team ensures the Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center, law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, search & rescue and other public safety partners have the communications infrastructure needed to respond to any emergency.
Updates & Outages
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Elephant Tower Outage Repaired
Staff was able to fly to the Elephant Tower on Tuesday, July 30th and repair the power outage for broadband, public safety radio and some TV. They will continue to monitor power to the site and be ready for any unforeseen problems.
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Elephant Mountain Tower Site Electrical Outage
Elephant Mountain Tower has experienced a power outage sometime Friday night July 26 or Saturday morning July 27th, possibly due to a lightning strike. Staff will be flying to this helicopter only site on Tuesday, July 30, to repair equipment that is damaged and return needed electrical power to the broadcasting equipment that runs public…
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7/22/25 – Crown Mountain Tower Planned Power Outage
Update: All services have been restored at Crown following a successful generator replacement. Staff will be replacing a back up generator at the Crown Mountain Tower Site on Monday, July 22. Power will have to be taken down as crews remove the old generator and install the new one. This will take a few hours…
Updates & TV/FM outage notifications
Sign up for notifications about your TV/FM Telecommunications Services including service updates and outages.
*Go to Notify Me and Choose: “Pitkin County TV/FM Translator”
Get Involved
Have a hand in connecting Pitkin County with the telecommunications services we all rely on. Advisory Board members help the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners make decisions on expenditures, administration, and operations of the re-broadcasting of television/FM radio signals and extend wireless communication and internet services to Pitkin County.
Contact Board Liaison Jeff Krueger to apply for a Board Member position at jeff.krueger@pitkincounty.com
