Beltsville 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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| 4 | 4 | WRC | Some programs on NBC: The Biggest Loser, Law and Order, Las Vegas, Bionic Woman, Deal or No Deal, The Office, Sunday Night Football, ER, Friday Night Lights, My Name Is Earl, Chuck, Life, The Apprentice, Scrubs, and Heroes. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WTTG | Some programs on FOX: Bones, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, COPS, Family Guy, American Idol, Prison Break, Back to You, House, 24, Til Death, When Women Rule the World, The Simpsons, Unhitched, K-Ville, and The Return of Jezebel James. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WJLA | Some programs on ABC: Carpoolers, Cashmere Mafia, Grey's Anatomy, Miss/Guided, According to Jim, Lost, Wife Swap, National Bingo Night, Eli Stone, Men in Trees, Women's Murder Club, Dancing with the Stars, Samantha Who, Private Practice, and America's Funniest Home Videos. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WUSA | Some programs on CBS: The New Adventures of Old Christine, Moonlight, NCIS, The Captain, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cane, Criminal Minds, The Big Bang Theory, Without a Trace, Two and a Half Men, Kid Nation, Swingtown, Rules of Engagement, Ghost Whisperer, and How I Met Your Mother. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 14 | 14 | WFDC | WFDC (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 20 | 20 | WDCA | WDCA (MNT) | Local/HD | Local |
| 22 | - | MPT | Some programs on PBS: Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Sesame Street, Wishbone, Bob the Builder, Nature, Word World, Red Dwarf, American Experience, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Charlie Rose, Super Why, American Masters, Mystery, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and Danger Rangers. | Local | - |
| - | 25 | WHAG | Some programs on NBC: The Biggest Loser, Law and Order, Las Vegas, Bionic Woman, Deal or No Deal, The Office, Sunday Night Football, ER, Friday Night Lights, My Name Is Earl, Chuck, Life, The Apprentice, Scrubs, and Heroes. | - | Local |
| 26 | 26 | WETA | Some programs on PBS: Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Sesame Street, Wishbone, Bob the Builder, Nature, Word World, Red Dwarf, American Experience, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Charlie Rose, Super Why, American Masters, Mystery, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and Danger Rangers. | Local | Local |
| - | 30 | WNVT | WNVT (IND) | - | Local |
| 32 | 32 | WHUT | Some programs on PBS: Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Sesame Street, Wishbone, Bob the Builder, Nature, Word World, Red Dwarf, American Experience, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Charlie Rose, Super Why, American Masters, Mystery, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and Danger Rangers. | Local | Local |
| 42 | 42 | WVPY | Some programs on PBS: Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Sesame Street, Wishbone, Bob the Builder, Nature, Word World, Red Dwarf, American Experience, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Charlie Rose, Super Why, American Masters, Mystery, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and Danger Rangers. | Local | Local |
| 47 | - | WMDO | WMDO (TFT) | Local | - |
| 50 | 50 | WDCW | Some programs on CW: Girlfriends, CW Now, Everybody Hates Chris, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Life Is Wild, America's Next Top Model, Supernatural, Smallville, Aliens in America, Farmer Wants a Wife, Eight Days a Week, Crowned, The Game, Gossip Girl, and Beauty and the Geek. | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WNVC | WNVC (ETV) | Local | Local |
| 66 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| - | 68 | WJAL | WJAL (IND) | - | Local |
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