| Callsign: | KRET-CD |
| City: | Cathedral City, California |
| Branding: | KRET 45 Palm Springs |
| Digital: | 31 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 45 |
| Founded: | January 24, 1996 |
| Location: | Cathedral City–Palm Springs, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Callsign Meaning: | Retro TV (former affiliation) |
| Owner: | Bridge Media Networks |
| Licensee: | Bridge News LLC |
| Erp: | 15 kW |
| Haat: | 175.90NaN0 |
| Facility Id: | 10536 |
| Class: | CD |
| Coordinates: | 33.8661°N -116.4356°W |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
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.
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,[1] under the operation of Sun Holding Corporation as "KPSP" Sun TV an independent station.[2]
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),[3] also picking up KDPX-LP's Pax programming. As a Pax station, the station was operated by JB Broadcasting.[4]
In 2008, the call letters for the station were changed to KRET-CA; that May, it added Retro Television Network.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
In August 2024, the station flipped to ShopHQ due to NewsNet ceasing operations.
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.1 | 720p | NEWSnet | ShopHQ | |
| 45.2 | Funroads | Fun Roads | ||
| 45.3 | 480i | ShopHQ | ShopHQ | |
| 45.4 | Catchy | Catchy Comedy | ||
| 45.5 | Antenna | Antenna TV | ||
| 45.6 | 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 |