KSBS-CD
{{Short description|Television station in Denver}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KSBS-CD
| above = {{nowrap|Translator of KCDO-TV, Sterling, Colorado}}
| logo = File:New KCDO logo 2021.png
| location = Denver, Colorado
| country = United States
| city =
| branding = Local 3
| digital = 19 (UHF)
| virtual = 10
| subchannels =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|3.1: Independent / ABC (alternate)|7.1: ABC|10.1: Bounce TV|for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}}}
| owner = E. W. Scripps Company
| licensee = Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC
| founded =
| airdate =
| callsign_meaning = Formerly relayed KSBS-TV in Steamboat Springs
| sister_stations =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K13OI (1982–1996)|K18FI (1996–1998)|KSBS-LP (1998–2007)|KSBS-LD (2007–2013)}}
| former_channel_numbers = Digital: 52 (UHF, 2010–2012), 41 (UHF, 2012–2019)
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|10.1: Light TV/The Grio (until 2024)}}
| erp = 13.8 kW
| haat = {{convert|231.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = CD
| facility_id = 168750
| coordinates = {{coord|39|43|45.9|N|105|14|9.9|W|region:US-CO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website =
}}
KSBS-CD (channel 10) is a low-power, Class A television station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is a translator of Sterling-licensed independent station KCDO-TV (channel 3) which is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company; it is also sister to Denver-licensed ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7). KSBS-CD's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden; its parent station shares studios with KMGH-TV on Delgany Street in Denver's River North Art District.
History
The license history begins with the establishment of K13OI in Estes Park Estates, which was a translator for NBC affiliate KUSA-TV.{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1990-TV-Factbook/TV-Factbook-1990-Other.pdf#page=252|page=B-119|work=Television Factbook|title=Translators|date=1990|access-date=January 23, 2020}} The station was acquired by GreenTV Corporation, which owned KSBS-TV in Steamboat Springs, in 1995, and moved to channel 18 in Denver as K18FI; it later shifted to channel 67 and later 47, as KSBS-LP, one of two low-power stations bringing Telemundo to Denver.
In 2006, NBC Universal, which had acquired KSBS-TV and KSBS-LP in 2001, bought KDEN-TV in Longmont and relocated Telemundo there; it then donated KSBS-TV to Rocky Mountain PBS and sold KSBS-LP, which was by then a Class A station, to Denver Digital Television. Under Denver Digital ownership, KSBS-LP received a $23,000 fine for omissions in its public file in 2013.{{cite news|url=https://www.rbr.com/class-a-television-stations-fined-by-fcc/|work=RBR|date=March 28, 2013|title=Class A television stations fined by FCC|access-date=January 23, 2020}} Denver Digital sold KSBS to KCDO-TV in 2014, at which time it became a simulcast to bring KCDO's signal into the Denver metropolitan area.{{cite news|url=https://www.rbr.com/ksbs-cd-being-sold-in-denver/|access-date=January 23, 2020|title=KSBS-CD being sold in Denver|date=May 3, 2014|work=RBR}}
On September 22, 2020, the E. W. Scripps Company announced it was buying KSBS-CD and KCDO-TV for an undisclosed price, pending approval of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); this would make them sister stations to KMGH-TV.{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101820952&formid=314&fac_num=63158|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=September 25, 2020}} The sale was completed on November 20.[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1823557&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=63158 "Consummation Notice"], CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, November 23, 2020, Retrieved November 23, 2020.
Subchannels
This station rebroadcasts the subchannels of KCDO-TV.[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSBS#station RabbitEars TV Query for KSBS]
{{#section:KCDO-TV|subchannels}}
See also
References
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Category:E. W. Scripps Company television stations
Category:Independent television stations in the United States
Category:Ion Television affiliates
Category:Laff (TV network) affiliates
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