KRET-CD
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| Branding | KRET 45 Palm Springs |
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| Founded | January 24, 1996 |
First air date | October 5, 1997 |
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Call sign meaning | Retro TV (former affiliation) |
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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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KRET-CD (channel 45) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States, serving the Coachella Valley area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Binge TV. The station is owned Bridge Media Networks.
History
[edit]The Federal Communications Commission (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 began broadcasting October 18, 1997,[2] under the operation of Sun Holding Corporation as independent station K45ET, branded as "Sun TV".[3] On February 6, 1998, the call sign was changed to KPSP-LP.
Sun TV lacked cable carriage on the main Time Warner Cable system until 1998,[when?] when it was added from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Full-time carriage commenced in January 1999, too late for the struggling station. Sun TV folded on February 11, 1999; channel 45 then exchanged call letters with KDPX-LP (channel 58),[4] also picking up KDPX-LP's Pax TV programming. As a Pax affiliate, 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.
In April 2025, the station then flipped to Binge TV due to ShopHQ shutting down.
Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 45.1 | 480i | 16:9 | KRET | Binge TV |
| 45.2 | Funroads | Infomercials 
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| 45.3 | Bridge2 | Infomercials
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| 45.4 | ACEtv | Ace TV
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| 45.5 | Antenna | Antenna TV
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| 45.6 | OAN | One America Plus
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| 45.7 | beIN | BeIN Sports Xtra
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| 45.8 | Sales | Infomercials
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| 45.9 | BarkTV | Bark TV
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| 45.10 | RNTV | Right Now TV
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| 45.11 | FTF | FTF Sports
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| 45.12 | MTRSPR1 | MtrSpt1
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| 45.13 | AWE | AWE Plus
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| 45.14 | NBT | National Black TV
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| 45.15 | CH15 | [Blank]
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| 45.16 | Outdoor | [Blank]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRET-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Michaels, Pat (February 28, 1999). "Whatever happened to charm?". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. p. E1. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Retro Television Network Now Local And On TW Cable". DesertLocalNews. Retrieved July 17, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Staff, BIA/TVNewsCheck (August 30, 2023). "Station Trading Roundup: 5 Deals, $4,230,000". TV News Check. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KRET". RabbitEars. Retrieved May 13, 2025.