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It expanded into the first national shopping network three years later on July 1, 1985, changing its name to the Home Shopping Network, and pioneering the concept of a televised sales pitch for consumer goods and services.
The idea for the Home Shopping Network originated in the 1970s when Lowell W. Paxson, who owned an AM radio station in Clearwater, Florida, began to lose listeners to FM alternatives. Paxson also lost advertisers.
The Home Shopping Network got its start in St. Petersburg, Florida, where the company is still headquartered. In 1977, realestate developer Roy Speer (1932–) and radio broadcaster Lowell "Bud" Paxson (1935–) started a radio call-in shopping club called Suncoast Bargaineers.
Nov 30, 2023 · The story of HSN, or Home Shopping Network, begins not on TV but with the hum of a radio in 1977. Founded by Roy Speer and Lowell “Bud” Paxson, HSN originated as a small AM radio station in Florida.
Oct 5, 2015 · By 1982, the show had evolved into an entire channel on Tampa public access cable. It went nationwide in 1985, and in 1986, the newly-renamed Home Shopping Network became a publicly-traded...
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Nov 21, 2018 · Published Nov. 20, 2018. More than four decades ago, Tampa-Bay based Home Shopping Network (HSN) went on the air featuring Bob Circosta as its first presenter. HSN went on to become a...
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May 18, 2018 · The idea for the Home Shopping Network originated in the 1970s, when Lowell W. Paxson owned an AM radio station in Clearwater, Florida, that began to lose listeners to FM alternatives. Paxson also lost advertisers.
