Bowie 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 IT Crowd, Las Vegas, Scrubs, Lipstick Jungle, ER, Life, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Medium, Law and Order, Bionic Woman, The Office, Football Night in America, My Name Is Earl, The Apprentice, and Friday Night Lights. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WTTG | Some programs on FOX: The Return of Jezebel James, Unhitched, American Idol, The Simpsons, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, K-Ville, Family Guy, Bones, Canterbury's Law, 24, COPS, Back to You, America's Most Wanted, House, and King of the Hill. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WJLA | Some programs on ABC: Eli Stone, Private Practice, Miss/Guided, Wife Swap, Dirty Sexy Money, October Road, Cashmere Mafia, Men in Trees, Samantha Who, Women's Murder Club, Boston Legal, Brothers and Sisters, Lost, Big Shots, and Pushing Daisies. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WUSA | Some programs on CBS: NCIS, Numb3rs, Shark, The Captain, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Cold Case, Moonlight, The Unit, Jericho, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cane, Rules of Engagement, Kid Nation, and The New Adventures of Old Christine. | 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: Curious George, Wishbone, The Berenstain Bears, Tony Brown's Journal, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Dragon Tales, Thomas and Friends, Angelina Ballerina, Nature, American Experience, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, POV, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, George Shrinks, and Secrets of the Dead. | Local | - |
| - | 25 | WHAG | Some programs on NBC: The IT Crowd, Las Vegas, Scrubs, Lipstick Jungle, ER, Life, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Medium, Law and Order, Bionic Woman, The Office, Football Night in America, My Name Is Earl, The Apprentice, and Friday Night Lights. | - | Local |
| 26 | 26 | WETA | Some programs on PBS: Curious George, Wishbone, The Berenstain Bears, Tony Brown's Journal, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Dragon Tales, Thomas and Friends, Angelina Ballerina, Nature, American Experience, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, POV, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, George Shrinks, and Secrets of the Dead. | Local | Local |
| - | 30 | WNVT | WNVT (IND) | - | Local |
| 32 | 32 | WHUT | Some programs on PBS: Curious George, Wishbone, The Berenstain Bears, Tony Brown's Journal, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Dragon Tales, Thomas and Friends, Angelina Ballerina, Nature, American Experience, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, POV, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, George Shrinks, and Secrets of the Dead. | Local | Local |
| 42 | 42 | WVPY | Some programs on PBS: Curious George, Wishbone, The Berenstain Bears, Tony Brown's Journal, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Dragon Tales, Thomas and Friends, Angelina Ballerina, Nature, American Experience, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, POV, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, George Shrinks, and Secrets of the Dead. | Local | Local |
| 47 | - | WMDO | WMDO (TFT) | Local | - |
| 50 | 50 | WDCW | Some programs on CW: Supernatural, Farmer Wants a Wife, America's Next Top Model, Life Is Wild, Girlfriends, One Tree Hill, Reaper, Gossip Girl, Beauty and the Geek, Aliens in America, Everybody Hates Chris, CW Now, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Crowned, and Smallville. | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WNVC | WNVC (ETV) | Local | Local |
| 66 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| - | 68 | WJAL | WJAL (IND) | - | Local |
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