Hoover Satellite Local Channel Comparison:
DirecTV vs Dish Network
DirecTV vs Dish Network
| DirecTV Channel | Dish Network Channel | Call Letters | Description | DirecTV Package | Dish Network Package |
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| 6 | 6 | WBRC | Some programs on FOX: King of the Hill, When Women Rule the World, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, The Next Great American Band, Canterbury's Law, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, American Dad, House, Til Death, The Return of Jezebel James, The Simpsons, Back to You, Bones, K-Ville, and America's Most Wanted. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 10 | 10 | WBIQ | Some programs on PBS: Nature, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Independent Lens, Caillou, Franny's Feet, Secrets of the Dead, The Berenstain Bears, BBC World News, Reading Rainbow, Zula Patrol, Mystery, Super Why, NOW, It's a Big Big World, and DragonflyTV. | Local | Local |
| 13 | 13 | WVTM | Some programs on NBC: Las Vegas, Sunday Night Football, Chuck, The Singing Bee, ER, The Biggest Loser, Heroes, Law and Order, Football Night in America, Medium, Life, Scrubs, Deal or No Deal, Bionic Woman, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 21 | 21 | WTTO | Some programs on CW: Life Is Wild, CW Now, Gossip Girl, America's Next Top Model, The Game, Girlfriends, Supernatural, Reaper, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Farmer Wants a Wife, One Tree Hill, Everybody Hates Chris, Beauty and the Geek, Smallville, and Eight Days a Week. | Local | Local |
| 23 | 23 | WUOA | WUOA (IND) | Local | Local |
| 33 | - | WCFT | Some programs on ABC: Men in Trees, Cavemen, Boston Legal, Samantha Who, Supernanny, According to Jim, Eli Stone, The Bachelor, Cashmere Mafia, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Miss/Guided, Pushing Daisies, Dancing with the Stars, Women's Murder Club, and Brothers and Sisters. | Local/HD | - |
| - | 33 | WJSU | Some programs on ABC: Men in Trees, Cavemen, Boston Legal, Samantha Who, Supernanny, According to Jim, Eli Stone, The Bachelor, Cashmere Mafia, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Miss/Guided, Pushing Daisies, Dancing with the Stars, Women's Murder Club, and Brothers and Sisters. | - | Local/HD |
| 42 | 42 | WIAT | Some programs on CBS: Moonlight, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Rules of Engagement, Viva Laughlin, How I Met Your Mother, The Captain, Kid Nation, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Unit, The New Adventures of Old Christine, 60 Minutes, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, and Without a Trace. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 44 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| 68 | 68 | WABM | WABM (MNT) | Local | Local |
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