of HSN and the founding of PAX TV, Paxson moved his headquarters from Tampa to West Palm Beach. However, the network never received anywhere near the ratings or advertising revenue of the other networks. In addition, PAX TV lost a few affiliates, such as when Paxson sold its Dayton, Ohio, and Green Bay, Wisconsin, stations to ACME Communications so that group could affiliate them with The WB (though PAX TV programming continued to air overnight on those stations for a few years), and the network was unable to offer their programming in some markets, like St, Louis, Charlotte and Pittsburgh. On July 1, 2005, PAX TV became "i: Independent Television". In November of that year, NBCUniversal, which owned 22 percent of i, began a nine-month period during which it could buy the rest of the network. Possibly sensing that NBCU would do so, and beset with lawsuits over the operation of i, Paxson resigned from the company he founded. In addition, Paxson became Ion Media Networks, and NBCU executive R. Brandon Burgess became the chief executive officer. In time, i was rebranded to Ion Television. Personal life Paxson's first two marriages, to Jean Blauvelt and Barbara Chapman, ended in divorce. Paxson became a born-again Christian on New Year's Eve 1986. In 1990, he married Marla Bright who survived him after their 25 years of marriage. Paxson had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage and a stepdaughter from his third marriage. He died in Kalispell, Montana in 2015 at the age of 79. See also Ion Television Ion Media Home Shopping Network The Worship Network References External links Eisenberg, Bryan (January 10, 2003). "A Man. A Plan. A Can Opener." ClickZ Network. Koepp, Stephen (June 21, 2005). Can You Believe This Price?. Time. Zucco, Thomas (July 30, 2002). "It started with 112 can openers". St. Petersburg Times. 1935 births 2015 deaths American chief executives American evangelicals American television company founders American television executives New York (state) Republicans Businesspeople from Tampa, Florida People from Newark, New York Businesspeople from Rochester, New York Syracuse University alumni 20th-century American businesspeople