American Home Network

American Home Network (commonly shortened to American Home or AHN) is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the AHN

Corporation subsidiary of E. W. Scripps Company. The network is headquartered in Lawrence, Kansas, with an additional facility at St. Louis, Missouri.

Partnership with Ion
In 2005, Viacom, AHN's former owner split in two companies: the second one named after the former and CBS Corporation. However, the network did not go to Viacom or CBS, instead owned by Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) with the partnership happening the next year.

Details and examples
The partnership lets Ion Media, and Scripps to some extent own a duopoly on some affiliate stations: for example, WKNL-TV broadcasts both American Home Network and Ion Plus, despite the latter no longer becoming an over-the-air channel.

KHOT-TV in Salt Lake City and Riverton, Utah was a former AHN station, having an Ion block that broadcasted on weekday mornings before becoming independent in November 2021.

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