City of Golden Offers to Buy Site of Proposed Denver TV Tower

In these reports, there have often been references to articles from Rocky Mountain News reporter Charley Able concerning Denver broadcasters' efforts to construct a tower for DTV antennas on Lookout Mountain and the city of Golden's efforts to stop the proposed 730-foot tower. Last week, in the story Golden wants si

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Publish date:: Dec 28, 2005
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In these reports, there have often been references to articles from Rocky Mountain News reporter Charley Able concerning Denver broadcasters' efforts to construct a tower for DTV antennas on Lookout Mountain and the city of Golden's efforts to stop the proposed 730-foot tower. Last week, in the story Golden wants site tower-free, he reported the city of Golden offered $1.68 million for the Lookout Mountain tower site and threatened to take condemnation actions if necessary.

The article Golden wants site tower-free has more information on the Golden offer and Lake Cedar Group's reaction.

Colorado publications Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post both reported that Jefferson County District Judge Brooke Jackson sent the Lake Cedar Group's proposal for a 730-foot TV tower on Lookout Mountain back to county commissioners for a third time. The Rocky Mountain News reported that the ruling "apparently

Denver news Web sites RockyMountainNews.com and DenverPost.com are reporting Jefferson County District Judge Brooke Jackson has denied a request from broadcasters to lift an injunction stopping work on the 730-foot TV tower on Lookout Mountain. Jefferson County commissioners approved construction of the tower for a

You may remember a year ago the Jefferson County commissioners approved the Lake Cedar Group's proposal to construct a 730-foot tower on Lookout Mountain outside Denver for KCNC, KMGH, KUSA and KTVD to replace three large existing towers and a number of smaller ones. See RF Report for July 28, 2003 for details. The t

Last week Jefferson County commissioners unanimously approved zoning for a new 730 foot DTV tower on Lookout Mountain. With the approval earlier this year of the unique short tower antenna facility on Mount Morrison, Denver broadcasters should be able to start constructing of full power DTV facilities soon. The tower

The Denver Post reported a lawsuit has been filed to block construction of a 730-foot high TV tower on Lookout Mountain in Jefferson County near Denver. The lawsuit was filed by Canyon Area Residents for the Environment (CARE), representing a group of homeowners' associations near the tower site. The Denver Post arti

Denver broadcasters in the Lake Cedar Group face additional challenges to their plans to build a 730 foot tower, a 35-foot accessory tower and an equipment building to provide DTV facilities for analog channels 4, 7 9 and 20. The city of Golden, Colorado, which is near the site where Lake Cedar Group proposes to build

Rocky Mountain News reported that a 13-hour public hearing with the Jefferson County Commissioners Tuesday on a proposed TV tower for Lookout Mountain failed to produce a decision on the fate of the tower. The article by Owen S. Good, 780 minutes of hearings on 730-foot TV tower , said hundreds signed a list opposin

Free off-air DTV suffered another setback in Denver when a majority of Jefferson County Commissioners voted down the proposal by Lake Cedar Group to construct a new 730-foot tower on Lookout Mountain to support DTV antennas for KCNC, KMGH, KUSA and KTVD. Although the tower was previously approved by a different group o