KRET-CD
CityCathedral City, California
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerBridge News LLC
History
FoundedJanuary 24, 1996
First air date
October 5, 1997; 26 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 Heroes & Icons. The station is owned by Bridge News LLC.

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.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KRET-CD[8]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
45.1 480i 4:3 H&I Heroes & Icons
45.2 Cozi Cozi TV
45.3 GEB GEB America
45.4 catchy Catchy Comedy
45.5 Antenna TV Antenna TV
45.6 Nuestra Nuestra Visión
45.7 Shop
45.8 Comfy Comfy TV

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.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)[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. ^ "TV Query for KRET". RabbitEars.
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