Metropolis 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 | WSIL | Some programs on ABC: Women's Murder Club, Boston Legal, Eli Stone, America's Funniest Home Videos, Pushing Daisies, Lost, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Cashmere Mafia, According to Jim, Carpoolers, Dirty Sexy Money, Private Practice, Men in Trees, Samantha Who, and Cavemen. | Local | Local |
| 6 | 6 | WPSD | Some programs on NBC: The Office, Journeyman, Friday Night Lights, Life, ER, Football Night in America, Scrubs, Chuck, The Singing Bee, Lipstick Jungle, Bionic Woman, Las Vegas, The Apprentice, 30 Rock, and The Biggest Loser. | Local | Local |
| 8 | 8 | WSIU | Some programs on PBS: Nightly Business Report, Boohbah, Curious George, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Red Dwarf, Zula Patrol, Frontline, Bob the Builder, Mystery, Postcards from Buster, Reading Rainbow, Nanalan, Masterpiece Theatre, NOVA, and BBC World News. | Local | Local |
| 9 | - | WQWQ | Some programs on CW: CW Now, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Farmer Wants a Wife, Aliens in America, America's Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, The Game, Reaper, One Tree Hill, Crowned, Eight Days a Week, Smallville, Girlfriends, Everybody Hates Chris, and Beauty and the Geek. | Local | - |
| 12 | 12 | KFVS | Some programs on CBS: Moonlight, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Without a Trace, Viva Laughlin, Shark, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, How I Met Your Mother, CSI: Miami, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Criminal Minds, Numb3rs, NCIS, Two and a Half Men, and CSI: NY. | Local | Local |
| - | 15 | WKPC | Some programs on PBS: Nightly Business Report, Boohbah, Curious George, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Red Dwarf, Zula Patrol, Frontline, Bob the Builder, Mystery, Postcards from Buster, Reading Rainbow, Nanalan, Masterpiece Theatre, NOVA, and BBC World News. | - | Local |
| 23 | 23 | KBSI | Some programs on FOX: House, K-Ville, MADtv, King of the Hill, 24, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, The Next Great American Band, Prison Break, When Women Rule the World, Til Death, American Dad, COPS, Canterbury's Law, The Simpsons, and America's Most Wanted. | Local | Local |
| - | 27 | WTCT | WTCT (TCT) | - | Local |
| 29 | - | WKPD | Some programs on PBS: Nightly Business Report, Boohbah, Curious George, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Red Dwarf, Zula Patrol, Frontline, Bob the Builder, Mystery, Postcards from Buster, Reading Rainbow, Nanalan, Masterpiece Theatre, NOVA, and BBC World News. | Local | - |
| 49 | 49 | WDKA | WDKA (MNT) | Local | Local |
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