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===Origins===
The network traces its origins to [[Barry Diller]]'s November 1995 acquisition of the [[Home Shopping Network]] and its broadcasting arm Silver King Communications, which owned television stations affiliated with HSN in several larger [[media market]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Pair Of Deals Put Spotlight On Diller|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/11/28/a-pair-of-deals-put-spotlight-on-diller/|author=Tim Jones|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Publishing|date=November 28, 1995|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Silver King annexes HSN|url=https://variety.com/1996/scene/vpage/silver-king-annexes-hsn-1117436608/|author=Martin Peers|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information|Cahners Business Information]]|date=December 19, 1996|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Diller Is Cleared to Take Control of Silver King|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/12/business/diller-is-cleared-to-take-control-of-silver-king.html|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 12, 1996|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In June 1998, the renamed [[USA Broadcasting]] (which had been merged into the Diller-owned [[USA Network]]s in 1997) launched a customized [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] format, "CityVision", which infused syndicated programming – including a few produced by sister production unit [[Universal Television|Studios USA]] that also aired nationally on USA Network – with a limited amount of local entertainment and magazine programs (reminiscent of the format used by [[CITY-DT|CITY-TV]] in [[Toronto]] and more prominently, its co-owned stations that became charter outlets of [[City (TV network)|Citytv]], when [[CHUM Limited]] expanded the format to other [[Canada|Canadian]] markets as a [[television system]] in 2002). USA's [[Miami]] outlet, WYHS-TV, served as the test station for the format, disaffiliating from HSN and converting into a general entertainment outlet under the new call letters [[WAMI-DT|WAMI-TV]].<ref>{{cite web|title=USA looking at L.A., Chi, others for expansion|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/cityvision-may-export-local-format-1117490304/|author=Cynthia Littleton|periodical=Variety|publisher=Cahners Business Information|date=January 17, 1999|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref>

By September 2000, USA Broadcasting had expanded the "CityVision" entertainment format to three of its thirteen other HSN outlets – with some of the stations adopting call letters referencing common nicknames for their home cities – WHOT-TV (now [[WUVG-DT]]) in [[Atlanta]], [[KSTR-DT|KSTR-TV]] in [[Dallas]]–[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and WHUB-TV (now [[WUTF-DT]]) in [[Boston]]. Before the group could carry out the proposed conversions of its other stations into independent stations, USA Networks announced that it would sell off its television station group in the summer of 2000, to focus on its cable network and television production properties. Among the prospective buyers for the thirteen-station group were [[The Walt Disney Company]] (which would have created [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopolies]] with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[owned-and-operated station]]s in [[WABC-TV|New York City]], [[KABC-TV|Los Angeles]], [[WLS-TV|Chicago]] and [[KTRK-TV|Houston]]) and [[Univision Communications]] (which would create duopolies with Univision owned-and-operated stations in [[WXTV|those]] [[KMEX-TV|same]] [[WGBO|four]] [[KXLN-DT|cities]]); the latter purchased the USA Broadcasting stations for $1.1 billion on December 7, 2000, with the sale being finalized on May 21, 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=WEHS-TV format uncertain|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20001207/NEWS01/20001057/wehs-tv-format-uncertain|author=Ellen Almer|newspaper=[[Crain's Chicago Business]]|publisher=[[Crain Communications]]|date=December 7, 2000|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Univision Buys 13 TV Stations For $1.1 Billion|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/12/08/univision-buys-13-tv-stations-for-11-billion/|author=Tim Jones|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|date=December 8, 2000|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Univision gets FCC OK for USA stations buy|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/univision-gets-fcc-ok-usa-stations-buy/88431|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|publisher=Cahners Business Information|date=May 21, 2001|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref>