Boston 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 | WGBH | Some programs on PBS: The New Yankee Workshop, Tony Brown's Journal, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Nightly Business Report, Between the Lions, This Old House, Frontline, Wishbone, Washington Week, Antiques Roadshow, Sesame Street, Mystery, Zoboomafoo, The McLaughlin Group, and POV. | Local | Local |
| 4 | 4 | WBZ | Some programs on CBS: Viva Laughlin, CSI: NY, The Captain, Ghost Whisperer, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs, Shark, The Unit, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Kid Nation, Survivor: China, Jericho, and Moonlight. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WCVB | Some programs on ABC: Desperate Housewives, Dancing with the Stars, America's Funniest Home Videos, Miss/Guided, Boston Legal, Carpoolers, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Dirty Sexy Money, Cavemen, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, Eli Stone, Lost, National Bingo Night, and Notes from the Underbelly. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WHDH | Some programs on NBC: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, My Name Is Earl, Chuck, 30 Rock, Heroes, Las Vegas, Law and Order, Life, The Singing Bee, The Apprentice, Friday Night Lights, Heroes: Origins, Sunday Night Football, The Office, and Medium. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WMUR | Some programs on ABC: Desperate Housewives, Dancing with the Stars, America's Funniest Home Videos, Miss/Guided, Boston Legal, Carpoolers, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Dirty Sexy Money, Cavemen, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, Eli Stone, Lost, National Bingo Night, and Notes from the Underbelly. | Local | Local |
| 11 | 11 | WENH | Some programs on PBS: The New Yankee Workshop, Tony Brown's Journal, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Nightly Business Report, Between the Lions, This Old House, Frontline, Wishbone, Washington Week, Antiques Roadshow, Sesame Street, Mystery, Zoboomafoo, The McLaughlin Group, and POV. | Local | Local |
| 25 | 25 | WFXT | Some programs on FOX: America's Most Wanted, Prison Break, K-Ville, Back to You, COPS, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Return of Jezebel James, Til Death, Canterbury's Law, Bones, When Women Rule the World, American Dad, MADtv, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 27 | 27 | WUNI | WUNI (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 38 | 38 | WSBK | WSBK (IND) | Local | Local |
| 44 | 44 | WGBX | Some programs on PBS: The New Yankee Workshop, Tony Brown's Journal, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Nightly Business Report, Between the Lions, This Old House, Frontline, Wishbone, Washington Week, Antiques Roadshow, Sesame Street, Mystery, Zoboomafoo, The McLaughlin Group, and POV. | Local | Local |
| - | 46 | WWDP | WWDP (ShopNBC) | - | Local |
| 50 | 50 | WZMY | WZMY (MNT) | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WLVI | Some programs on CW: Beauty and the Geek, Reaper, The Game, Everybody Hates Chris, Gossip Girl, Life Is Wild, Eight Days a Week, Aliens in America, Girlfriends, Crowned, Farmer Wants a Wife, America's Next Top Model, Supernatural, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, and One Tree Hill. | Local | Local |
| 60 | 60 | WNEU | WNEU (TMO) | Local | Local |
| 62 | - | WMFP | WMFP (IND) | Local | - |
| 66 | 66 | WUTF | WUTF (TFT) | Local | Local |
| 68 | - | WBPX | WBPX (ION) | Local | - |
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