Due to an internet outage from Aspen to Basalt telecommunications services are down. We are working to restore service and hope to be back in the broadcasting business shortly.
Updates
Audio Problems with 7 & 9 and 2 & 20 completely out
All Channels should be functioning properly now as of 7/14/22.
We have been having power outages in the Roaring Fork Mid Valley that has created problems with our internet feed of 7, 9, 2, and 20. We are currently working to fix the problem but seem to have run into more gremlins than anticipated.
Telecommunications Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 6pm will be the 3rd quarter Telecommunications Advisory Board Meeting. This meeting is open to the public on Zoom.
The advisory board has some opening for alternate members. Click here to apply.
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Elephant Tower Site Work 2022
Our team completed spring maintenance and installed some new equipment at our Elephant Mountain tower site on June 8. Our Elephant Mountain site is located along the Highway 133 corridor and provides wireless broadband, television, FM Radio and Public Safety Radio service.
The site is accessible only via helicopter. It was a beautiful day to fly! We started by flying down empty propane tanks that supply our generator at the site, and flying new ones up to the site. We then focused on site maintenance including checking connections on our antennas, upgrading software on the equipment on site, changing air filters, testing the generator and installing a new room monitoring system.
Our partners at Visionary Broadband also installed two new broadband panels on the tower to load-balance and better-serve customers throughout the Highway 133 corridor.
6/2/2022: Telecommunications staff are planning repairs at the Elephant tower June 8-10, 2022. This will mean intermittent outages of TV, FM and Broadband in the Crystal River Valley. Please be patience as staff work as quickly as possible. Questions can be answered at [email protected]
Sunlight Tower Repair June 1st, 2022
Staff took a look at the Sunlight tower today. Repairs were made after the latest round of wind and snow.
Memorial Day Weekend 2022 – TV, FM, Broadband Outages
5/29/22 7:30 AM: Power has been restored to Sunlight, Ruedi and Thomasville sites and services are back on the air. Much thanks to our partners at Holy Cross Energy for their quick work!
5/28/22 2:45 PM: Multiple power outages are disrupting TV, FM and Broadband services from Sunlight, Ruedi, Thomasville tower sites.
Ruedi and Thomasville: Power was shut off by Holy Cross to many areas up the Frying Pan Valley for a fire near Ruedi Shores, and to safely allow chainsaw work by Roaring Fork Fire Rescue personnel. TV, FM and Broadband will be unavailable until power is restored.
Sunlight: High winds have disrupted power to our Sunlight tower site. Sunlight is the source for many Television and FM radio stations throughout the valley. These services will be intermittent until Holy Cross restores power to the site.