KRET-CD

KRET-CD
CityCathedral City, California
Channels
BrandingKRET 45 Palm Springs
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedJanuary 24, 1996
First air date
October 5, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-10-05)
Former call signs
  • K45ET (1996–1998)
  • KPSP-LP (1998–1999)
  • KDPX-LP (1999–2008)
  • KRET-CA (2008–2014)
Call sign meaning
Retro TV (former affiliation)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID10536
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT175.9 m (577 ft)
Transmitter coordinates33°51′58″N 116°26′8″W / 33.86611°N 116.43556°W / 33.86611; -116.43556
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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 as an affiliate of the home shopping network ShopHQ. The station is owned Bridge Media Networks.

History

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 Networks would acquire the station for $800,000.[8]

In August 2024, the station flipped to ShopHQ due to NewsNet ceasing operations.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KRET-CD[9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
45.1 720p 16:9 NEWSnet ShopHQ
45.2 Funroads Fun Roads
45.3 480i ShopHQ ShopHQ
45.4 Catchy Catchy Comedy
45.5 Antenna Antenna TV
45.6 4:3 Heroes Heroes & Icons
45.7 16:9 ACEtv Ace TV
45.8 OAN One America Plus
45.9 AWE AWE Plus
45.10 Sales Infomercials

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRET-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Fessier, Bruce (February 12, 1999). "TV station that never got going goes off air". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. p. D1. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Fessier, Bruce (September 30, 1997). "Local fiddler gets taste of real show biz". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. p. C1. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Michaels, Pat (February 28, 1999). "Whatever happened to charm?". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. p. E1. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Fullam, Peter (June 18, 1999). "PAX sponsors can promote family values". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. p. E1. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Retro Television Network Now Local And On TW Cable". DesertLocalNews. Retrieved July 17, 2008. [dead link]
  7. ^ McCain, Marie (July 26, 2013). "KMIR newscasts airing on Time Warner Cable during dispute; KRET, Channel 14, to show newscasts while KMIR, Channel 6, is off local cable lineup". The Desert Sun. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  8. ^ Staff, BIA/TVNewsCheck (August 30, 2023). "Station Trading Roundup: 5 Deals, $4,230,000". TV News Check. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  9. ^ "TV Query for KRET". RabbitEars.