Laurel 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, Heroes, The IT Crowd, Lipstick Jungle, Scrubs, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, Law and Order, Life, Chuck, The Biggest Loser, Journeyman, Bionic Woman, Football Night in America, and My Name Is Earl. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WTTG | Some programs on FOX: 24, Back to You, Til Death, Canterbury's Law, Bones, House, K-Ville, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Unhitched, King of the Hill, The Next Great American Band, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, When Women Rule the World, Family Guy, and America's Most Wanted. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WJLA | Some programs on ABC: According to Jim, National Bingo Night, The Bachelor, Supernanny, Pushing Daisies, America's Funniest Home Videos, Eli Stone, Men in Trees, Dirty Sexy Money, Cavemen, Cashmere Mafia, Lost, Notes from the Underbelly, Brothers and Sisters, and Grey's Anatomy. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WUSA | Some programs on CBS: How I Met Your Mother, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, NCIS, The Amazing Race, Moonlight, The Captain, Without a Trace, Viva Laughlin, 60 Minutes, Numb3rs, Two and a Half Men, Cane, Survivor: China, and The Unit. | 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: Wishbone, DragonflyTV, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Reading Rainbow, Live from Lincoln Center, Between the Lions, The Victory Garden, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, Angelina Ballerina, WIRED Science, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Frontline, Cyberchase, and Learn To Read. | Local | - |
| - | 25 | WHAG | Some programs on NBC: Medium, Heroes, The IT Crowd, Lipstick Jungle, Scrubs, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, Law and Order, Life, Chuck, The Biggest Loser, Journeyman, Bionic Woman, Football Night in America, and My Name Is Earl. | - | Local |
| 26 | 26 | WETA | Some programs on PBS: Wishbone, DragonflyTV, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Reading Rainbow, Live from Lincoln Center, Between the Lions, The Victory Garden, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, Angelina Ballerina, WIRED Science, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Frontline, Cyberchase, and Learn To Read. | Local | Local |
| - | 30 | WNVT | WNVT (IND) | - | Local |
| 32 | 32 | WHUT | Some programs on PBS: Wishbone, DragonflyTV, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Reading Rainbow, Live from Lincoln Center, Between the Lions, The Victory Garden, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, Angelina Ballerina, WIRED Science, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Frontline, Cyberchase, and Learn To Read. | Local | Local |
| 42 | 42 | WVPY | Some programs on PBS: Wishbone, DragonflyTV, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Reading Rainbow, Live from Lincoln Center, Between the Lions, The Victory Garden, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, Angelina Ballerina, WIRED Science, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Frontline, Cyberchase, and Learn To Read. | Local | Local |
| 47 | - | WMDO | WMDO (TFT) | Local | - |
| 50 | 50 | WDCW | Some programs on CW: WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Everybody Hates Chris, Farmer Wants a Wife, Girlfriends, Smallville, Eight Days a Week, Aliens in America, Life Is Wild, America's Next Top Model, The Game, Supernatural, Reaper, Crowned, One Tree Hill, and CW Now. | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WNVC | WNVC (ETV) | Local | Local |
| 66 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| - | 68 | WJAL | WJAL (IND) | - | Local |
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