01/29/25 – Power Outage on Orcas – RESTORED
Power has been restored to our broadcast tower, and all connections are back up and running.
01/29/25 – Power Outage on Orcas
There is a planned power outage that is affecting one of our broadcast towers serving people in the White Beach and Sunderland Rd. areas. This outage is expected to last until 12 pm; after that service should resume normally. We will be monitoring our equipment to ensure it comes back online once power is restored.
11/26/24 – Outage on Orcas – UPDATE
There is a small outage on Orcas Island in the Deer Harbor area. We are investigating the cause of the issue.
UPDATE: We are working on the outage and plan to have the connection restored by 2:30 today.
11/13/24 – Outage on Orcas – RESOLVED
Power has been restored to our broadcast site and we have moved traffic back to that feed.
11/13/24 – Outage on Orcas – ONGOING
The power is still out at the broadcast site. We have deployed a battery backup and our broadcasters are currently online and operational. We anticipate the battery backup will last roughly six hours, and are optimistic that power at the site will be restored before then.
11/13/24 – Outage on Orcas – UPDATE
A broadcast hub that serves areas of Orcas in and around Rosario has stopped responding to us. We are currently investigating the cause.
UPDATE: Power is out at the site where our broadcast tower is located. The residents are attempting to restore power and our technician is analyzing the status of our equipment onsite.
11/12/24 – Site down on Orcas – RESOLVED
We have mounted a new radio at the broadcast site and all related connections are up and running.
11/13/24 – Power outage on Saturna – RESOLVED
Power has been restored on Saturna and our broadcasters are up and running.
11/13/24 – Power outage on Saturna
Last night’s windstorm knocked out power to several of our broadcasters that serve parts of Saturna and Orcas Island. Local power crews are already on site, and our connections will resume automatically when power is restored.
11/12/24 – Site down on Orcas
One of our broadcast feeds that serves several customers in central Orcas got blown off alignment and is not currently passing traffic. We are arranging for a tree climber to realign the installation as soon as weather conditions allow.