| Callsign: | KSBS-CD |
| Location: | Denver, Colorado |
| Country: | United States |
| Branding: | Local 3 |
| Digital: | 19 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 10 |
| Owner: | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Licensee: | Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC |
| Callsign Meaning: | Formerly relayed KSBS-TV in Steamboat Springs |
| Former Channel Numbers: | Digital: 52 (UHF, 2010–2012), 41 (UHF, 2012–2019) |
| Erp: | 13.8 kW |
| Haat: | 231.10NaN0 |
| Class: | CD |
| Facility Id: | 168750 |
| Coordinates: | 39.7294°N -105.2361°W |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
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.
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]
This station rebroadcasts the subchannels of KCDO-TV.[6]