After more than fifty years of bipartisan Congressional support, today marks the first day nationwide without any federal funding for public media after the passage of the Rescissions Act of 2025. In response, Aspen Public Radio is announcing the launch of a Resiliency Fund to raise $500,000 by December 31.

We’ve launched the Fall 2025 Listener Survey to help us understand how we can best serve your news and information needs, and grow Aspen Public Radio as the leading public broadcast journalism service on Colorado’s western slope. Take the survey now!

Summer in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys is a magical experience we look forward to each and every year— and from Monday, July 28 through Friday, August 1, listeners will unite to continue a long-standing tradition to support this community radio station: it’s time for the Summer Membership Drive!

The 2025 Aspen Security Forum will feature domestic and international government officials, business executives, leading academics, and noted journalists from around the world.

The station announced today it is expanding with the addition of a Climate Desk, which will be dedicated to providing accurate, accessible, and community-focused coverage of environmental and climate-related issues impacting the Roaring Fork Valley, the Colorado River Valley, and the broader Western Slope of Colorado.

Aspen Public Radio will partner with the Aspen Music Festival and School for a third year to broadcast AMFS Sunday concerts live each week throughout the greater Roaring Fork Valley, beginning Sunday, July 6, 2025.

From Monday, June 23, through Tuesday, July 1, Aspen Public Radio will continue the tradition of airing select live and same-day-delayed broadcasts of sessions from the Aspen Ideas Festival.

Join us for an unforgettable culinary experience during the iconic Food & Wine weekend on Saturday, June 21 from 6 to 9pm. Set at Aspen’s historic Smuggler Mine, Global Fire, presented by Aspen Collection, is a live-fire culinary experience where the past and present meet over flame. The evening will feature global flavors, celebrity chefs, and an atmosphere of fire-lit revelry while overlooking Aspen, benefitting Aspen Public Radio.

Enjoy a live radio broadcast, food trucks, and great programming as you explore our third annual convening of area nonprofits for the 2025 Nonprofit Volunteer Fair to find out how you can volunteer with one (or more!) amazing nonprofit organizations working throughout the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys.

Stepping into the role of News Director at Aspen Public Radio at a time when the federal government is targeting public media funding, local newsrooms across the state are shuttering, and artificial intelligence looms over creative professions — it’s daunting. But it’s the phenomenal reporters on our staff, a growing network of newsroom partners and the honest feedback we get from you that will keep our teams on their beats and on the air, regardless of the circumstances.