Newark 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 | WCBS | Some programs on CBS: 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Viva Laughlin, Jericho, The Captain, Moonlight, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Two and a Half Men, CSI: NY, Cane, How I Met Your Mother, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, and Swingtown. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 4 | 4 | WNBC | Some programs on NBC: Lipstick Jungle, The Singing Bee, Football Night in America, The Apprentice, Deal or No Deal, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The IT Crowd, Medium, 30 Rock, Life, Friday Night Lights, The Office, My Name Is Earl, Sunday Night Football, and ER. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WNYW | Some programs on FOX: Bones, The Next Great American Band, When Women Rule the World, The Simpsons, American Dad, 24, The Return of Jezebel James, Til Death, K-Ville, House, Canterbury's Law, America's Most Wanted, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Unhitched, and American Idol. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WABC | Some programs on ABC: National Bingo Night, Cavemen, Samantha Who, Brothers and Sisters, The Bachelor, Boston Legal, Private Practice, Miss/Guided, Wife Swap, Dirty Sexy Money, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Big Shots, Ugly Betty, Eli Stone, and Cashmere Mafia. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WWOR | WWOR (MNT) | Local | Local |
| 11 | 11 | WPIX | Some programs on CW: Life Is Wild, Everybody Hates Chris, Beauty and the Geek, The Game, Eight Days a Week, Crowned, Smallville, Girlfriends, Reaper, Gossip Girl, Aliens in America, One Tree Hill, Farmer Wants a Wife, CW Now, and America's Next Top Model. | Local | Local |
| 13 | 13 | WNET | Some programs on PBS: History Detectives, BBC World News, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Wishbone, Nature, Learn To Read, Independent Lens, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Fitness Show, Between the Lions, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Red Dwarf, The McLaughlin Group, and Frontline. | Local | Local |
| 21 | 21 | WLIW | Some programs on PBS: History Detectives, BBC World News, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Wishbone, Nature, Learn To Read, Independent Lens, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Fitness Show, Between the Lions, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Red Dwarf, The McLaughlin Group, and Frontline. | Local | Local |
| 25 | 25 | WNYE | Some programs on PBS: History Detectives, BBC World News, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Wishbone, Nature, Learn To Read, Independent Lens, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Fitness Show, Between the Lions, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Red Dwarf, The McLaughlin Group, and Frontline. | Local | Local |
| 31 | - | WPXN | WPXN (ION) | Local | - |
| 39 | 39 | WNYN | WNYN (AZA) | Local | Local |
| 41 | 41 | WXTV | WXTV (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 43 | - | WSAH | WSAH (IND) | Local | - |
| 47 | 47 | WNJU | WNJU (TMO) | Local | Local |
| 50 | - | NJN | Some programs on PBS: History Detectives, BBC World News, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Wishbone, Nature, Learn To Read, Independent Lens, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Fitness Show, Between the Lions, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Red Dwarf, The McLaughlin Group, and Frontline. | Local | - |
| 55 | 55 | WLNY | WLNY (IND) | Local | Local |
| - | 58 | WNJB | Some programs on PBS: History Detectives, BBC World News, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Wishbone, Nature, Learn To Read, Independent Lens, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Fitness Show, Between the Lions, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Red Dwarf, The McLaughlin Group, and Frontline. | - | Local |
| 62 | 48 | WRNN | WRNN (IND) | Local | Local |
| - | 63 | WMBC | WMBC (Ethnic) | - | Local |
| 66 | 66 | WFME | WFME (IND) | Local | Local |
| - | 67 | WFTY | WFTY (TFT) | - | Local |
| 68 | - | WFUT | WFUT (TFT) | Local | - |
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