KRET-CA
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| Cathedral City, California | |
| Channels | Analog: 45 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ION Television Digital Subchannel: Retro Television Network |
| Owner | Charles R. Meeker |
| Founded | January 24, 1996 |
| Call letters’ meaning | K RETro Television Network |
| Former callsigns | KDPX-LP (1999-2008) KPSP-LP (1998-1999) K45ET (1996-1998) |
| Former affiliations | Pax Independent |
| Transmitter Power | 20 kW |
| Height | 406 m |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 10536 |
KRET-CA is a low-power Class A television station in Cathedral City, California, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 45 as an affiliate of the ION and Retro Television networks. Founded January 24, 1996, the station is owned by Charles R. Meeker.
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[edit] 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 callsign K45ET and began broadcasting in late 1997 as an independent station. The station was licensed January 8, 1998, and took the call letters KPSP-LP one month later. In February 1999, Meeker-owned Palm Springs stations KPSP-LP and KDPX-LP switched call letters and programming (see next section), and channel 45 became Pax affiliate KDPX-LP. The station upgraded its license to Class A on September 10, 2001. In June 2005, the Pax network rebranded as i, the new name meaning "independent television". In 2008, the call letters for the the station were changed to KRET-CA. In May 2008, KRET added the Retro Television Network to a digital subchannel[1].
[edit] Station swap
When the station signed on as K45ET in late 1997, and later as KPSP-LP, it was an independent. However, in February 1999, Charles Meeker, who owned co-located UHF low-power stations on channels 45 and 58 in the Palm Springs area, switched callsigns and programming among his two stations; the Pax affiliate KDPX-LP on channel 58 became the Pax affiliate KDPX-LP on channel 45, while the independent station KPSP-LP on channel 45 became independent station KPSP-LP on channel 58. However, the licenses did not change.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Retro Television Network
- ION Television official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KRET-CA
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