Mobile 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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| 3 | 3 | WEAR | Some programs on ABC: National Bingo Night, Pushing Daisies, Women's Murder Club, Desperate Housewives, Cashmere Mafia, Private Practice, Lost, Cavemen, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money, Wife Swap, The Bachelor, Dancing with the Stars, Notes from the Underbelly, and Eli Stone. | Local | Local |
| 5 | 5 | WKRG | Some programs on CBS: Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men, CSI: Miami, Moonlight, The Big Bang Theory, Shark, How I Met Your Mother, Viva Laughlin, Without a Trace, NCIS, CSI: NY, The Amazing Race, and Swingtown. | Local | Local |
| 10 | 10 | WALA | Some programs on FOX: Unhitched, Family Guy, House, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Back to You, Prison Break, The Return of Jezebel James, The Simpsons, 24, American Dad, The Next Great American Band, Til Death, Canterbury's Law, K-Ville, and America's Most Wanted. | Local | Local |
| 15 | 15 | WPMI | Some programs on NBC: Heroes: Origins, Las Vegas, Bionic Woman, Medium, Deal or No Deal, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Law and Order, ER, Lipstick Jungle, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, Journeyman, Football Night in America, Life, and Heroes. | Local | Local |
| 23 | 23 | WSRE | Some programs on PBS: Postcards from Buster, Mustard Pancakes, The Fitness Show, Nanalan, Maya and Miguel, American Masters, Reading Rainbow, Word World, Boohbah, The New Yankee Workshop, DragonflyTV, Cyberchase, Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley, and American Experience. | Local | Local |
| - | 33 | WHBR | WHBR (IND) | - | Local |
| 42 | 42 | WEIQ | Some programs on PBS: Postcards from Buster, Mustard Pancakes, The Fitness Show, Nanalan, Maya and Miguel, American Masters, Reading Rainbow, Word World, Boohbah, The New Yankee Workshop, DragonflyTV, Cyberchase, Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley, and American Experience. | Local | Local |
| 44 | 44 | WJTC | WJTC (IND) | Local | Local |
| 53 | - | WPAN | WPAN (IND) | Local | - |
| 55 | 55 | WBPG | Some programs on CW: Life Is Wild, CW Now, Aliens in America, Eight Days a Week, Everybody Hates Chris, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Supernatural, Reaper, The Game, Gossip Girl, Crowned, Smallville, Girlfriends, One Tree Hill, and Beauty and the Geek. | Local | Local |
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