Madison 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 | WSB | Some programs on ABC: Pushing Daisies, Private Practice, Big Shots, Boston Legal, Cavemen, National Bingo Night, Dirty Sexy Money, According to Jim, Miss/Guided, Cashmere Mafia, Women's Murder Club, Men in Trees, Brothers and Sisters, Desperate Housewives, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 4 | - | WUVM | WUVM (AZA) | Local | - |
| 5 | 5 | WAGA | Some programs on FOX: When Women Rule the World, America's Most Wanted, Prison Break, Canterbury's Law, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, COPS, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, MADtv, K-Ville, Unhitched, Back to You, Bones, American Dad, House, and Family Guy. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 8 | 8 | WGTV | Some programs on PBS: American Masters, Design Squad, Danger Rangers, Antiques Roadshow, The McLaughlin Group, design: e2, Arthur, Live from Lincoln Center, The Fitness Show, Bob the Builder, Word World, Wishbone, Mustard Pancakes, The Berenstain Bears, and Jay Jay the Jet Plane. | Local | Local |
| 11 | 11 | WXIA | Some programs on NBC: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Heroes: Origins, Scrubs, Lipstick Jungle, Journeyman, Heroes, Sunday Night Football, Deal or No Deal, My Name Is Earl, Life, 30 Rock, Medium, The IT Crowd, The Biggest Loser, and Law and Order. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 14 | - | WPXA | WPXA (ION) | Local | - |
| 17 | - | WPCH | WPCH (IND) | Local | - |
| - | 17 | WTBS | WTBS (IND) | - | Local |
| 30 | 30 | WPBA | Some programs on PBS: American Masters, Design Squad, Danger Rangers, Antiques Roadshow, The McLaughlin Group, design: e2, Arthur, Live from Lincoln Center, The Fitness Show, Bob the Builder, Word World, Wishbone, Mustard Pancakes, The Berenstain Bears, and Jay Jay the Jet Plane. | Local | Local |
| 34 | 34 | WUVG | WUVG (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 36 | 36 | WATL | WATL (MNT) | Local | Local |
| 46 | 46 | WGCL | Some programs on CBS: Without a Trace, Kid Nation, Cold Case, The Amazing Race, The Unit, Two and a Half Men, Numb3rs, CSI: Miami, The Captain, Jericho, CSI: NY, How I Met Your Mother, Swingtown, Survivor: China, and Ghost Whisperer. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 57 | 57 | WATC | WATC (ETV) | Local | Local |
| 69 | 69 | WUPA | Some programs on CW: Aliens in America, Farmer Wants a Wife, CW Now, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Supernatural, America's Next Top Model, Life Is Wild, Smallville, Everybody Hates Chris, The Game, Reaper, Eight Days a Week, Beauty and the Geek, One Tree Hill, and Girlfriends. | Local/HD | Local |
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