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City | Cathedral City, California |
Channels | |
Branding | KRET 45 Palm Springs |
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History | |
Founded | January 24, 1996 |
First air date | October 5, 1997 |
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Call sign meaning | Retro TV (former affiliation) |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 10536 |
Class | CD |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 175.9 m (577 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′58″N 116°26′8″W / 33.86611°N 116.43556°W |
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Public license information |
KRET-CD (channel 45) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Cathedral City, California, United States, serving the Palm Springs area an owned and operated outlet of the 24/7 news network NewsNet. It is owned and operated by Bridge Media Networks.
The FCC granted an original construction permit to Charles R. Meeker on January 24, 1996, to build a low-power television station on UHF channel 45 to serve Cathedral City and Palm Springs, California. It was given the call sign K45ET and began broadcasting October 18, 1997, [2] under the operation of Sun Holding Corporation as "KPSP" Sun TV an independent station. [3]
Sun TV struggled. It lacked cable carriage on the main Time Warner Cable system until 1998, when it was added from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 24-hour carriage commenced in January 1999, too late for the station. Sun TV folded on February 11, 1999; channel 58 then exchanged call letters with KDPX-LP (channel 45), [4] also picking up KDPX-LP's Pax programming. As a Pax station, the station was operated by JB Broadcasting. [5]
In 2008, the call letters for the station were changed to KRET-CA; that May, it added Retro Television Network. [6] In 2011, KRET added MeTV to its main channel. From late July to late September 2013, due to a retransmission consent dispute between Time Warner Cable and Journal Broadcast Group's NBC affiliate KMIR-TV, that station subcontracted with KRET-CA to carry their evening newscasts during the dispute due to KRET's channel 14 position on TWC systems. [7]
The station was issued its license for digital operation on October 8, 2014, and simultaneously changed its call sign to KRET-CD.
In August 2023, it was announced that Bridge Media Network would acquire the station for $800,000. [8]
The station's signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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45.1 | 720p | 16:9 | NEWSnet | NewsNet |
45.2 | SNHtv | Sports News Highlights | ||
45.3 | 480i | ShopHQ | ShopHQ | |
45.4 | Catchy | Catchy Comedy | ||
45.5 | 4:3 | Antenna | Antenna TV | |
45.6 | 16:9 | Heroes | Heroes & Icons |
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City | Cathedral City, California |
Channels | |
Branding | KRET 45 Palm Springs |
Programming | |
Affiliations |
|
Ownership | |
Owner |
|
History | |
Founded | January 24, 1996 |
First air date | October 5, 1997 |
Former call signs |
|
| |
Call sign meaning | Retro TV (former affiliation) |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 10536 |
Class | CD |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 175.9 m (577 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°51′58″N 116°26′8″W / 33.86611°N 116.43556°W |
Links | |
Public license information |
KRET-CD (channel 45) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Cathedral City, California, United States, serving the Palm Springs area an owned and operated outlet of the 24/7 news network NewsNet. It is owned and operated by Bridge Media Networks.
The FCC granted an original construction permit to Charles R. Meeker on January 24, 1996, to build a low-power television station on UHF channel 45 to serve Cathedral City and Palm Springs, California. It was given the call sign K45ET and began broadcasting October 18, 1997, [2] under the operation of Sun Holding Corporation as "KPSP" Sun TV an independent station. [3]
Sun TV struggled. It lacked cable carriage on the main Time Warner Cable system until 1998, when it was added from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 24-hour carriage commenced in January 1999, too late for the station. Sun TV folded on February 11, 1999; channel 58 then exchanged call letters with KDPX-LP (channel 45), [4] also picking up KDPX-LP's Pax programming. As a Pax station, the station was operated by JB Broadcasting. [5]
In 2008, the call letters for the station were changed to KRET-CA; that May, it added Retro Television Network. [6] In 2011, KRET added MeTV to its main channel. From late July to late September 2013, due to a retransmission consent dispute between Time Warner Cable and Journal Broadcast Group's NBC affiliate KMIR-TV, that station subcontracted with KRET-CA to carry their evening newscasts during the dispute due to KRET's channel 14 position on TWC systems. [7]
The station was issued its license for digital operation on October 8, 2014, and simultaneously changed its call sign to KRET-CD.
In August 2023, it was announced that Bridge Media Network would acquire the station for $800,000. [8]
The station's signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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45.1 | 720p | 16:9 | NEWSnet | NewsNet |
45.2 | SNHtv | Sports News Highlights | ||
45.3 | 480i | ShopHQ | ShopHQ | |
45.4 | Catchy | Catchy Comedy | ||
45.5 | 4:3 | Antenna | Antenna TV | |
45.6 | 16:9 | Heroes | Heroes & Icons |