Shop at Home Network

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Shop At Home)

Shop at Home Network

Launched	1987
Owned by	Jewelry Television
Sister channel(s)	Jewelry Television
Website	www.shopathometv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Available in some market areas
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 234 (8PM to 9AM Eastern)
Dish Network	Channel 224 (8PM to 9AM Eastern)
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Consult your local cable provider

The Shop at Home Network, more commonly known as just Shop at Home, Shop At Home TV, SATH or SAH, is a television network in the United States owned by Jewelry Television. Prior to its acquisition by Jewelry Television in 2006 [1], The E. W. Scripps Company owned and operated the network from 2002 until 2006, when the network temporarily ceased operations on June 21. The network primarily focuses on home shopping programming, as indicated by the name. During Scripps' ownership, some of its programming was done in conjunction with other Scripps channels (such as Food Network).

1 History
- 1.1 Closure
- 1.2 Resurrection
2 Television stations
3 References
4 External links

Originally, Shop at Home was a regional shopping network based in Tennessee. In the beginning, it was similar in format to larger national rivals QVC and HSN. However, beginning in 1989, the network pioneered the sale of collectible coins and currency. The success of the Coin Vault program allowed the network to branch out into shows that featured other collectible items during the 1990s, thus setting SAH apart from its peers. The fact that the Coin Vault sells coinage at grossly over inflated prices is often discussed on various numismatic boards online. Whereas QVC, HSN and others were primarily targeted at a predominantly female audience, SAH's unique collectible-themed shows attracted a mostly male audience.

Popular shows during the 1990s and early 2000s also included The Knife Collector's Show co-hosted for most of its run by Shawn Leflar and former SAH personality Tom O' Dell, and the Sports Collectibles show, emceed by Don West for a majority of its run. The network also kept an eye on the most popular collectible trends of the late 1990s and early 2000s including shows devoted to Beanie Babies and Pokémon. Starting in 2000 however, SAH's collectibles-based format began to wear off in popularity and most of its management was replaced. The new management switched the network back to a more traditional shopping channel format, and as a result, replaced many of its old hosts and brought in new personalities, most notably Paula Deen and Emeril Lagasse

Prior to the network's temporary suspension, it operated 24 hours a day, but ran some taped programming in addition to live broadcasts.

E.W. Scripps ceased its operations of Shop at Home on June 21, 2006. The company cited difficulties in competing with the larger QVC and Home Shopping Network. "Going Out Of Business" proceedings began May 22, 2006, when Shop at Home started their Huge Blow-Out-Sale. During this sale, many of their regular items were sold at discounted rates, along with some items that weren't presented on Shop at Home before. Special sale conditions were that credit cards were required, and that all sales were final. The sale ended June 2, 2006, however a Last-Chance Sale began exactly a week later, on June 9, and lasted until the network's closure^[1].

Employees at Shop at Home were to receive an additional two weeks pay, severance pay, and, if they remained through the network's closure, three months of benefits, such as insurance.^[2]

As the scheduled final days of Shop at Home approached, Jewelry Television announced it would purchase some assets of the network and maintain 100 unspecified jobs in Nashville under its sale agreement. ^[3] Scripps detailed the sale at $17 million for fixed assets, and noted that Jewelry Television would also assume existing cable and satellite television carriage agreements. ^[4].

On June 23, 2006, Shop at Home TV returned to the air with a limited schedule, once again specializing in the sale of various collectible merchandise ranging from collectible gold, silver and rare coins; popular brand name watches like Tag Heuer & Bulov; to unique knives and autographed sports memorabilia.

The original schedule was 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Eastern time. Todd Boone, Shawn Leflar, and a few other hosts were brought back.

On September 11, 2006, Shop at Home returned to a full 24-hour on air schedule, returning to selling a variety of products.

While Shop at Home is primarily a cable and satellite television network, the network also airs on broadcast television stations in the United States. Until Scripps' sale of the network, five of these stations were owned and operated by Shop at Home itself. In September 2006 Scripps agreed to sell the stations to Multicultural Television Broadcasting LLC for $170 million pending FCC approval. ^[5] The five stations are:

WSAH 43 Bridgeport/Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut/New York City
WMFP 62 Lawrence/Boston, Massachusetts
KCNS 38 San Francisco, California
WRAY-TV 30 Wilson/Raleigh, North Carolina
WOAC 67 Canton/Cleveland, Ohio

Other stations are also affiliated with the Shop at Home Network, and are listed below:

WJJA Racine, Wisconsin/Milwaukee, Wisconsin
WYLE Florence/Huntsville, Alabama/Decatur, Alabama
KSVM-LP Santa Barbara, California/Santa Maria, California/San Luis Obispo, California
WJYS Hammond, Indiana/Chicago, Illinois
KHON (DT2) Honolulu, Hawaii (late night hours only)

In addition, programming can be seen online on the network's website.

Following SAH's closure, these stations began airing Jewelry Television. Some stations still run JTV in the late morning and afternoon, despite Shop at Home's return to 24-hour programming.