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overview
holdings
chronology
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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only. It covers -
Context is provided by the broader communications and
media timeline on this site.
beginnings
1956
Lowell Paxson buys radio station WACK in Newark, New Jersey
1981 Home Shopping Channel launched on Tampa cable tv
1985 Home Shopping Channel renamed Home Shopping Club
and starts nationwide 24 hr broadcasting through cable
and local stations
1986 renamed Home Shopping Network and listed on the American
Stock Exchange
1986 Paxson involved in establishment of 'infomercial'
producer Silver King Communications
born again
1986 Lowell Paxson 'born again' in Las Vegas
1991 sells Home Shopping Network and Silver King
1991 Paxson Broadcasting founded
1991 Paxson Communications Corporation established
1994 buys independent TV station in Miami
1994 buys American Network Group
1995 establishes Infomall TV Network ('IN TV')
1995 buys WPXB TV-60 (Merrimack, New Hampshire) for US$3m
1997 US Supreme Court upholds cable "must carry"
broadcast TV legislation
1997 Paxson sells radio 46 stations and outdoor advertising
operation to Clear
1997 buys US Travel Channel from Landmark
for US$75m
1998 launch of PAX TV 'seventh network'
1998 buys KPXF (Fresno, California) for US$8m
1998 sells WBPT Bridgeport to Cuchifritos Communications
for US$22m
NBC deal
1999 NBC takes 32% stake in Paxson
for US$415m
2002 Paxson sells KPXF (Fresno, California) to Univision
for US$35m
2002 sells WPXB TV-60 (Merrimack, NH) to NBC for US$26m
2004 sells KPXJ-TV (Shreveport, Louisiana) to Minden Television
for US$10m
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