John Cremeans is one of the first on-air home shopping host

Home shopping host

A home shopping host is the on-air host that partners with guests on television shopping channels, such as HSN, QVC, and ShopNBC. The job of a home shopping host is to introduce new presenters and guests to the television audience, and help these guests explain the values and features of the...

s and is considered a pioneer in the home shopping industry. From 1985 to 2009, Cremeans's span of 24 years as a national television host is rivaled by only a few in electronic retailing with over 25,000 live television hours and over 100,000 product presentations.

His moniker The Doctor of Shopology was given to him by a caller during his early days as a host. His travels have taken him to networks that have included America's Value Network, CVN - The Cable Value Network and HSN. His most popular shows were CVN's 'SoldOutrageous' where Cremeans and his late night band of characters took to the airwaves to sell anything from gold

Gold

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 to electronics

Electronics

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 and HSN's Sunrise Morning Show where he cohosted with Lynn Murphy and Lori Leland.

Cremeans's broadcast career started while he was a senior in high school

High school

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 when he worked at a local radio station

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 - WIXK

WIXK

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 & WIXK-FM in New Richmond, Wisconsin

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 doing part-time night and weekend

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 announcing. He later worked in talk radio

Talk radio

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 at WRPX in Hudson, Wisconsin

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 just outside the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota

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. He was promoted to News Director at both stations and later became the Station Manager at WRPX.

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William Shatner

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, Stan Lee

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, Fran Tarkenton

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, Jack Palance

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, Olivia Newton-John

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, Didi Conn

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, Omar Sharif

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, Reggie White

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, James Doohan

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, Mimi Rogers

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, Richard Petty, Kyle Petty, Florence Henderson

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, Ed McMahon

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, Frankie Avalon

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, Mr. T

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, Suzanne Somers

Suzanne Somers

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, Wolfgang Puck

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, Rhonda Shear

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, Stephanie Seymour

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, Vanna White

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, Ivana Trump

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, Franco Harris

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, John Tesh

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, Connie Selleca, Manheim Steamroller, Tony Robbins

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, Connie Stevens

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, Louise Mandrell

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