Gaithersburg 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: Medium, The Biggest Loser, Scrubs, Lipstick Jungle, Life, My Name Is Earl, Deal or No Deal, The Office, Las Vegas, Law and Order, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The Apprentice, Sunday Night Football, ER, and Friday Night Lights. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WTTG | Some programs on FOX: The Next Great American Band, Family Guy, K-Ville, Canterbury's Law, When Women Rule the World, The Simpsons, House, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 24, Prison Break, Unhitched, Back to You, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, The Return of Jezebel James, and American Idol. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WJLA | Some programs on ABC: Women's Murder Club, Desperate Housewives, Dancing with the Stars, Samantha Who, America's Funniest Home Videos, Carpoolers, Boston Legal, Eli Stone, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Pushing Daisies, Lost, Men in Trees, Grey's Anatomy, Miss/Guided, and October Road. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WUSA | Some programs on CBS: CSI: Miami, Swingtown, Cane, The Captain, Rules of Engagement, Kid Nation, Two and a Half Men, Jericho, NCIS, Shark, Moonlight, Ghost Whisperer, Without a Trace, The Unit, 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: NOVA, Nature, Sesame Street, design: e2, Reading Rainbow, American Experience, Cyberchase, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Caillou, George Shrinks, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Washington Week, and Nightly Business Report. | Local | - |
| - | 25 | WHAG | Some programs on NBC: Medium, The Biggest Loser, Scrubs, Lipstick Jungle, Life, My Name Is Earl, Deal or No Deal, The Office, Las Vegas, Law and Order, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The Apprentice, Sunday Night Football, ER, and Friday Night Lights. | - | Local |
| 26 | 26 | WETA | Some programs on PBS: NOVA, Nature, Sesame Street, design: e2, Reading Rainbow, American Experience, Cyberchase, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Caillou, George Shrinks, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Washington Week, and Nightly Business Report. | Local | Local |
| - | 30 | WNVT | WNVT (IND) | - | Local |
| 32 | 32 | WHUT | Some programs on PBS: NOVA, Nature, Sesame Street, design: e2, Reading Rainbow, American Experience, Cyberchase, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Caillou, George Shrinks, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Washington Week, and Nightly Business Report. | Local | Local |
| 42 | 42 | WVPY | Some programs on PBS: NOVA, Nature, Sesame Street, design: e2, Reading Rainbow, American Experience, Cyberchase, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Caillou, George Shrinks, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Washington Week, and Nightly Business Report. | Local | Local |
| 47 | - | WMDO | WMDO (TFT) | Local | - |
| 50 | 50 | WDCW | Some programs on CW: Reaper, Beauty and the Geek, Aliens in America, Farmer Wants a Wife, CW Now, One Tree Hill, Supernatural, Smallville, Crowned, The Game, America's Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, Everybody Hates Chris, Eight Days a Week, and Life Is Wild. | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WNVC | WNVC (ETV) | Local | Local |
| 66 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| - | 68 | WJAL | WJAL (IND) | - | Local |
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