was a
US Shopping Television Network . It was the spin-off channel to the
Home Shopping Network (HSN). On
April 3 ,
2007 , America's Store ceased broadcasting permanently.
America's Store (AS) began in
1988 as the , which aired on broadcast stations around the USA from midnight to 9am and, in particular, on
WWOR-TV from 3am to 6am in the
New York City metro area. In
1989 , HSN purchased a number of
Low-power TV stations and began operating the service 24 hours a day as '''Home Shopping SPREE'''. In
1997 , the name was changed again to '''America's Jewelry Store''' to reflect a switch to selling exclusively jewelry. This incarnation met with limited success, so in
1998 , the selection was expanded to include all of HSN's inventory categories, and the word jewelry was removed from the network's name. In
2003 , AS was added to the
DirecTV lineup.
The low-power TV stations owned by HSN with partners and affiliated companies were located in every major metropolitan market - including a transmitter atop the
World Trade Center until
September 11, 2001 .
Much of the merchandise presented by AS was "distressed" inventory from HSN, so the prices were usually dropped until liquidated or removed from air.
Interestingly, competitor
QVC had a spin-off channel called "
Q2 ", which only lasted during the mid-
1990s . Following Barry Diller's exit from QVC and purchase of HSN many former Q2 employees followed him to HSN and America's Store.
Home Shopping Host s that appeared on America's Store at the time of its closure included (in alphabetical order; names in denote hosts also appearing on HSN):
