KRET-CD (channel 45) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area as an affiliate of the

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Binge TV. The station is owned Bridge Media Networks.

History

The

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(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

. It began broadcasting October 18, 1997, under the operation of Sun Holding Corporation as

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K45ET, branded as "Sun TV". On February 6, 1998, the call sign was changed to KPSP-LP. Sun TV lacked cable carriage on the main

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system until 1998, 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), also picking up KDPX-LP's

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programming. As a Pax affiliate, the station was operated by JB Broadcasting. In 2008, the call letters for the station were changed to KRET-CA; that May, it added

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. In 2011, KRET added

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to its main channel. From late July to late September 2013, due to a

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dispute between Time Warner Cable and

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affiliate

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, that station subcontracted with KRET-CA to carry their evening newscasts during the dispute due to KRET's channel 14 position on TWC systems. 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. 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

The station's signal is

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References

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