KSBS-CD

KSBS-CD, virtual channel 10 (UHF digital channel 19), is a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to 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 (and its translator KZCO-LD, channel 30). KSBS-CD's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden; its parent station maintains studios on South Jamaica Court in Aurora. Master control and most internal operations are based at KMGH-TV's studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Congress Park neighborhood.

KSBS-CD
Translator of KCDO-TV, Sterling, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
United States
ChannelsDigital: 19 (UHF)
Virtual: 10 (PSIP)
BrandingLocal 3 (general)
Denver 7 News (newscasts)
Programming
Subchannels
Ownership
OwnerE. W. Scripps Company
(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
History
Former call signs
  • K13OI (1982–1996)
  • K18FI (1996–1998)
  • KSBS-LP (1998–2007)
  • KSBS-LD (2007–2013)
Former channel number(s)
Digital:
52 (UHF, 2010–2012)
41 (UHF, 2012–2019)
Call sign meaning
Formerly simulcast KSBS-TV in Steamboat Springs
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID168750
ClassCD
ERP13.8 kW
HAAT231.1 m (758 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°43′45.9″N 105°14′9.9″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS

History

The license history begins with the establishment of K13OI in Estes Park Estates, which was a translator for NBC affiliate KUSA-TV.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] The sale was completed on November 20.[6]

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
3.1720p16:9Local3Simulcast of KCDO-TV
3.2480iGrit SDSimulcast of KCDO-DT2 / Grit
7.1720pKMGH HDSimulcast of KMGH-TV / ABC
10.1480iLIGHTTheGrio TV
10.2THIS TVThis TV
10.34:3JTVJewelry Television

See also

References
  1. RabbitEars TV Query for KCDO
  2. "Translators" (PDF). Television Factbook. 1990. p. B-119. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  3. "Class A television stations fined by FCC". RBR. March 28, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  4. "KSBS-CD being sold in Denver". RBR. May 3, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, 23 November 2020, Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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