Work has been completed on Goat Hill, north of Lake Havasu City. Plans are underway here to enhance services provided to Havasu residents through the Mojave County Television Improvement District this year.
For more than 40 years, Lake Havasu City residents have paid taxes to fund the TV Improvement District, but it remains one of the least serviced communities in Mojave County. More than 20 signal towers make up the district and were built to serve rural areas in the county’s mountainous areas where residents do not have access to antenna signals and emergency alerts. However, the Tower of Goat Hill is the only one serving the residents of Havasu, and the signal has never been able to reach South Havasu.
Plans for a new tower were submitted to county officials last year, but were blocked by an apparent FCC moratorium on building additional repeater towers. Havasu’s solution to enhance his TV improvement district service was found in his partnership with Kingman-based WECOM Communications. WECOM Communications provided the latest upgrades to Goat Hill’s decades-old equipment.
Last year, $200,000 was set aside in the county budget to provide upgrades and address service gaps in the Havasu area. Mojave County Supervisor Buster Johnson, who represents Southern Lake Havasu City, announced this week that these upgrades have been completed.
“This equipment upgrade was sorely needed,” Johnson said in a statement Monday. may be required.”
In addition to receiving television, the district offers Amber Alerts, broadcast weather forecasts, evacuation notices, and other emergency messages from the county.
According to a statement earlier this year by county officials, residents may require antenna signal towers at least 15 feet high to receive signals transmitted from television districts.
