Lowell White "Bud" Paxson (April 17, 1935 – January 9, 2015) was an American media executive. In 1982, Paxson and his business partner, Roy Speer, co-founded the Home Shopping Club (now called the Home Shopping Network). He later established Pax TV in 1998, a television network focusing on family-friendly content.A native of Rochester, New York, Paxson began his career as an owner of WACK Radio, a little 500 watt radio station in the village of Newark, New York.