Stamford 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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| 2 | 2 | WCBS | Some programs on CBS: The Unit, Numb3rs, Without a Trace, Swingtown, Rules of Engagement, Cane, Criminal Minds, Moonlight, CSI: NY, The Captain, How I Met Your Mother, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Jericho, and The Big Bang Theory. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 4 | 4 | WNBC | Some programs on NBC: Life, Chuck, The IT Crowd, Friday Night Lights, The Singing Bee, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Las Vegas, Medium, The Biggest Loser, Law and Order, Deal or No Deal, Lipstick Jungle, Heroes: Origins, and Journeyman. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WNYW | Some programs on FOX: Unhitched, Til Death, The Next Great American Band, American Dad, The Simpsons, 24, COPS, House, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, America's Most Wanted, MADtv, K-Ville, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, The Return of Jezebel James, and American Idol. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WABC | Some programs on ABC: Pushing Daisies, Carpoolers, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, According to Jim, The Bachelor, October Road, Wife Swap, Miss/Guided, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Dirty Sexy Money, Brothers and Sisters, National Bingo Night, Cavemen, and Dancing with the Stars. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WWOR | WWOR (MNT) | Local | Local |
| 11 | 11 | WPIX | Some programs on CW: Crowned, Gossip Girl, Everybody Hates Chris, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Smallville, Supernatural, Girlfriends, Life Is Wild, The Game, Reaper, One Tree Hill, America's Next Top Model, CW Now, Beauty and the Geek, and Eight Days a Week. | Local | Local |
| 13 | 13 | WNET | Some programs on PBS: The Victory Garden, Arthur, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, It's a Big Big World, WIRED Science, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Sesame Street, Word World, design: e2, POV, Design Squad, BBC World News, Nature, and Zoboomafoo. | Local | Local |
| 21 | 21 | WLIW | Some programs on PBS: The Victory Garden, Arthur, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, It's a Big Big World, WIRED Science, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Sesame Street, Word World, design: e2, POV, Design Squad, BBC World News, Nature, and Zoboomafoo. | Local | Local |
| 25 | 25 | WNYE | Some programs on PBS: The Victory Garden, Arthur, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, It's a Big Big World, WIRED Science, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Sesame Street, Word World, design: e2, POV, Design Squad, BBC World News, Nature, and Zoboomafoo. | Local | Local |
| 31 | - | WPXN | WPXN (ION) | Local | - |
| 39 | 39 | WNYN | WNYN (AZA) | Local | Local |
| 41 | 41 | WXTV | WXTV (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 43 | - | WSAH | WSAH (IND) | Local | - |
| 47 | 47 | WNJU | WNJU (TMO) | Local | Local |
| 50 | - | NJN | Some programs on PBS: The Victory Garden, Arthur, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, It's a Big Big World, WIRED Science, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Sesame Street, Word World, design: e2, POV, Design Squad, BBC World News, Nature, and Zoboomafoo. | Local | - |
| 55 | 55 | WLNY | WLNY (IND) | Local | Local |
| - | 58 | WNJB | Some programs on PBS: The Victory Garden, Arthur, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, It's a Big Big World, WIRED Science, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Sesame Street, Word World, design: e2, POV, Design Squad, BBC World News, Nature, and Zoboomafoo. | - | Local |
| 62 | 48 | WRNN | WRNN (IND) | Local | Local |
| - | 63 | WMBC | WMBC (Ethnic) | - | Local |
| 66 | 66 | WFME | WFME (IND) | Local | Local |
| - | 67 | WFTY | WFTY (TFT) | - | Local |
| 68 | - | WFUT | WFUT (TFT) | Local | - |
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