Akron 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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| 3 | 3 | WKYC | Some programs on NBC: Heroes: Origins, 30 Rock, Las Vegas, Deal or No Deal, Lipstick Jungle, The Apprentice, ER, Heroes, The Biggest Loser, Scrubs, Bionic Woman, The Office, The IT Crowd, My Name Is Earl, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. | Local/HD | Local |
| 5 | 5 | WEWS | Some programs on ABC: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Bachelor, Men in Trees, Cashmere Mafia, Eli Stone, Wife Swap, Ugly Betty, Supernanny, Boston Legal, America's Funniest Home Videos, Dirty Sexy Money, Big Shots, Miss/Guided, October Road, and Lost. | Local/HD | Local |
| 8 | 8 | WJW | Some programs on FOX: COPS, Prison Break, Back to You, 24, King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Idol, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, Bones, The Return of Jezebel James, Unhitched, The Next Great American Band, When Women Rule the World, House, and American Dad. | Local/HD | Local |
| 19 | 19 | WOIO | Some programs on CBS: Numb3rs, The Big Bang Theory, Survivor: China, NCIS, Ghost Whisperer, Two and a Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Unit, Viva Laughlin, Moonlight, Shark, Criminal Minds, Jericho, CSI: NY, and The Captain. | Local/HD | Local |
| 23 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| 25 | 25 | WVIZ | Some programs on PBS: design: e2, George Shrinks, Super Why, Red Dwarf, POV, Design Squad, The McLaughlin Group, Between the Lions, Independent Lens, Sesame Street, Tavis Smiley, Postcards from Buster, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Austin City Limits, and Barney and Friends. | Local | Local |
| 43 | 43 | WUAB | WUAB (MNT) | Local | Local |
| 49 | 49 | WEAO | Some programs on PBS: design: e2, George Shrinks, Super Why, Red Dwarf, POV, Design Squad, The McLaughlin Group, Between the Lions, Independent Lens, Sesame Street, Tavis Smiley, Postcards from Buster, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Austin City Limits, and Barney and Friends. | Local | Local |
| 55 | 55 | WBNX | Some programs on CW: Reaper, Life Is Wild, Girlfriends, Beauty and the Geek, Aliens in America, CW Now, Everybody Hates Chris, Eight Days a Week, The Game, One Tree Hill, Smallville, America's Next Top Model, Farmer Wants a Wife, Supernatural, and WWE Friday Night SmackDown. | Local | Local |
| 61 | 61 | WQHS | WQHS (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 68 | - | WMFD | WMFD (IND) | Local | - |
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