Another Shopping Network that sells just Jewelry/Gemstones?

[MarcB]

This is getting ridiculous. I flipping through the channels and on Channel 96 I come across a shopping network called DSN - Direct Shopping Network. I go to their website and I find out that they are yet another shopping network that just sells jewelry and gemstones. That makes 3 that I know of that just sell jewelry/gemstones. (Are there anymore?)

1. Jewlery Television - All Gemstones and Jewelry. 24/7 (Airs on COX Channel 67 24/7, well at least until COX gets someone to buy air time on channel 67. JTV is just filler. JTV also airs 12AM-630 AM on WRDM/50 in Hartford. COX 20)

2. GEMS TV - Jewelry and Gemstones. The Reverse Auction Network (Airs on WSAH/43 Bridgeport, Connecticut 12PM-4PM daily COX 8 ).


3. And now there's this DSN that just mysteriously showed up on Channel 96. 96 is another Leased Access Channel. They had been showing the TV Super Store Infomercial Network in non-leased blocks.


Plus in-addition to these "full-time" Jewelry/Gemstone Networks, the two mainstream networks - QVC and HSN have some Jewlery and/or Gemstone Blocks. Plus sometimes JTV sells Gemstones on its sister network Shop@Home aka The Coinvault Network.

 

[DToTheJ]

This is getting ridiculous. I flipping through the channels and on Channel 96 I come across a shopping network called DSN - Direct Shopping Network... 96 is another Leased Access Channel. They had been showing the TV Super Store Infomercial Network in non-leased blocks.

Is it possible that this DSN is actually an infomercial in the form of a shopping "network"?

 

[MarcB]

Is it possible that this DSN is actually an infomercial in the form of a shopping "network"?

DJ, nope. It was on all night long. And it says on their website http://www.dsntv.com/ it airs live 11PM-5AM Eastern every night on Direct TV Channel 224. And you know what else I found out? COX Cable is cutting off WSAH TV 43 at 12AM and replacing it with a simulcast of whatever is on Channel 96 , whether is TVSS or DSN. WSAH is the former Shop-At-Home O&O Flagship, now owned by Multi Cultural and shows infomercials 20 hours a day and as I mentioned in my original post shows GEMS TV the other 4 hours.

I'll have to ask our buddy Steve if he's around Friday Night about DSN. As for COX Cutting off TV 43 at Midnight, isn't that illegal because WSAH is Must Carry?

 

[RadioFanBoy]

Direct Shopping Network is at least two years old I think. It's been on for that long on KHIZ-TV 64 in Barstow/L.A. CA. 3 hours weekday mornings.

 

[azumanga]

As for COX Cutting off TV 43 at Midnight, isn't that illegal because WSAH is Must Carry?

Unless WSAH was aware of this ahead of time, I think it's illegal, especially since it is a local station. And replacing it overnight with the same channel offered elsewhere on the line-up's a bit of overkill, isn't it?

 

[MarcB]

They've only been cutting off WSAH since the beginning of the week. Up until Memorial Day WSAH ran the Shop-At-Home Network 24/7. They were the Shop-at-Home O&O Flagship station until EW Scripps decided to sell all the stations after EW Scripps sold Shop-at-Home to JTV last June. As of Memorial day WSAH is owned by Multi Cultural (the radio company) running infomercials Thursday-Tuesday 4PM-12PM and 4PM Tuesday until 7AM Wednesday an 1030AM-12pm Wednesday. The rest of the time WSAH runs GEMS TV. And Kiddie shows 7AM-10AM Wednesdays.

 

[azumanga]

And Kiddie shows 7AM-10AM Wednesdays.

Cut-rate E/I stuff, of course, since it's only the required 3 hours as required by law, and at a time on the day when most kids will be at school (though at this time, they're likely on summer break, which in that case, they would be asleep).

 

[MarcB]

Cut-rate E/I stuff, of course, since it's only the required 3 hours as required by law.

The 7AM-8AM is crap they import from the Akron Ohio Public School System called "Ask Gilby." 8AM-10AM is good stuff - the classic 1970s kid show New Zoo Revue.

 

[BRNout]

As for COX Cutting off TV 43 at Midnight, isn't that illegal because WSAH is Must Carry?

Unless WSAH was aware of this ahead of time, I think it's illegal, especially since it is a local station. And replacing it overnight with the same channel offered elsewhere on the line-up's a bit of overkill, isn't it?

Based on another thread, I think (Marc correct me if I am mistaken) the poster lives in the Hartford/New Haven market and WSAH (Bridgeport/Fairfield County) is in the NY market. So, if that's the case, it does not have must carry status on his system. They can chop it off permanently if they so desire.

 

[MarcB]

I live in Southington, Connecticut in Hartford County. However my cable company COX Communications is baed in Meriden, which is in New Haven County. WSAH is must-carry in New Haven County. Southington is the only town of the 3 towns that that Particular COX Franchise serves in Hartford County. The other two - Meriden and Cheshire are in New Haven County.

 

[RonTheEngineer]

WSAH is not cut off of Cox, or any other cable system, during the overnights. WSAH has sold its overnight hours to Television Superstore, which is in turn carrying DSN. Cox Communications is also carrying TVSS, as they have been for several months or years.

Thank you for your concern, WSAH is fine.

Ronald Barnes
General Manager / Chief Engineer
WSAH TV / WSAH-DT

 

[DToTheJ]

8AM-10AM is good stuff - the classic 1970s kid show New Zoo Revue.

That reminds me - it's been awhile since I saw that infamous NZR "outtake" video. I believe it's on some site like RetroJunk but I'm sure it's made its way to You Tube as well...

 

[BRNout]

I live in Southington, Connecticut in Hartford County. However my cable company COX Communications is baed in Meriden, which is in New Haven County. WSAH is must-carry in New Haven County. Southington is the only town of the 3 towns that that Particular COX Franchise serves in Hartford County. The other two - Meriden and Cheshire are in New Haven County.

That doesn't mean that this out of market signal gets "must carry" status (technically). Meriden and Cheshire are still in the Hartford market and WSAH is still in the New York market. However, they probably petitioned the cable company (long ago) for carriage as an adjacent market signals based upon their proximity. As there is no redundancy between this station and any other, COX has no issue in carrying them. Who knows, maybe there are were some favorable terms in their carriage agreement.

IF, on the other hand, a (full power) Hartford signal elected to carry the same programming - I think they could drop WSAH in favor of the in-market signal.

 

[RonTheEngineer]

Must carry has very little to do with markets. It has everything to do with grade-B contours. WSAH places a good grade B signal over the communities of Southington, Meriden and Cheshire, CT. Additonally our market is a matter of a FCC MO&O.

Thank you for your concern.

 

[BRNout]

Must carry has very little to do with markets. It has everything to do with grade-B contours. WSAH places a good grade B signal over the communities of Southington, Meriden and Cheshire, CT. Additonally our market is a matter of a FCC MO&O.

Thank you for your concern.

No, your statement is not correct. If it were true then Boston OTA signals would be carried all over northern Rhode Island. Cox took them off as part of their deals made with in-market stations. Providence stations would still be featured on cable systems in Central MA. Most are not - not any more. Perhaps one channel (WJAR), but not the others.

Not to mention that cable systems in eastern Long Island would be carrying most Connecticut channels. Channels 8 and 59 put a grade B contour over much of the northern half of Suffolk County and DO NOT get cable carriage as out of market signals. None at all - despite being (by far) the strongest signals in some areas.

Actually, this would be a good time for Scott Fybush to step in with the actual cable carriage rules. I'm sure that they are more nuanced than my ham-fisted description.

One last thing: I actually know people in Southington who say they cannot pick up WSAH over the air at all (let alone a grade B level signal). IIRC, people in Port Washington or Glen Cove get a much better signal than those in central CT.

Isn't it directional toward the south - or is it just better line of sight?

 

[MarcB]

One last thing: I actually know people in Southington who say they cannot pick up WSAH over the air at all (let alone a grade B level signal).

I too live in Southington and can not get WSAH OTA. Yet with a cheap antenna I picked up at Big Lots I get watchable signals from Channels 22 and 40 in Springfield. And I can also get watchable signals from 3 LPTVs out of Hartford all who have their towers on the mountain range that strattles Avon/West Hartford. WRDM-LP Channel 50 the Telemundo/JTV affilaite, WRNT-LP Channel 48. They run a wide-variety of programming, and WHCT-LP Channel 38 the Azteca America Affiliate.

 

[vibe]

I live in Northbridge MA and get 5 stations w/ rabbit ears and loops out of the Providence RI area about 25-28 air miles away.,none of which are on cable. They are clearly within the grade B contour, probably city grade on CBS12. As far as another shopping channel appearing on cable, it's all about the $$. It seems like cable companies can use whatever rules that suit them to carry what is their best interest, not the viewer. And for that we say, "thanks a lot suh, here's another $60; see you in 30 days."

 

[DonM]

Also don't forget another "cousin" to QVC and HSN, that would be ShopNBC which is not on as many systems as the others. But ShopNBC is top heavy with jewelry to sell 24/7.