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KSBS-CD

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 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] The sale was completed on November 20.[5]

Subchannels

This station rebroadcasts the subchannels of KCDO-TV.[6]

See also

References

  1. Translators Television Factbook, 1990, retrieved January 23, 2020^
  2. Class A television stations fined by FCC RBR, March 28, 2013, retrieved January 23, 2020^
  3. KSBS-CD being sold in Denver RBR, May 3, 2014, retrieved January 23, 2020^
  4. Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, September 22, 2020, retrieved September 25, 2020^
  5. "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, November 23, 2020, Retrieved November 23, 2020.^
  6. RabbitEars TV Query for KSBS^