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Join NPR’s Peter Sagal, host of public radio’s favorite game show Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, along with Aspen “celebrities” to judge this year’s storytellers on Monday, March 30, at the historic Wheeler Opera House for what’s sure to be another memorable night of oral storytelling! -
Courtesy photo; Sage SmileyAspen Public Radio is pleased to announce the arrival of Sage Smiley as the station’s new host of All Things Considered, following the June 2025 promotion of Halle Zander to news director. When not on the air, Smiley will be supporting Aspen Public Radio’s three full-time reporters and three regularly contributing journalists as an associate editor and enterprising reporter in the newsroom.
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In May, Aspen Public Radio, KSUT Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and NPR filed suit to challenge President Trump’s unlawful executive order. On December 4, 2025, leaders from all three local stations appeared in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia for the hearing on their lawsuit. -
Each week, over 18,000 radio listeners tune in to Aspen Public Radio to hear the news of the day –to be informed, nourished, inspired and entertained. This radio station is a critical public service, owned by this community, locally-staffed, editorially independent, and provided for free to everyone who lives, works, and comes to play in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. -
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.
