Alcoa 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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| 6 | 6 | WATE | Some programs on ABC: Lost, Grey's Anatomy, The Bachelor, Big Shots, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Brothers and Sisters, National Bingo Night, Cavemen, October Road, Pushing Daisies, Wife Swap, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Private Practice, and Boston Legal. | Local | Local |
| 8 | 8 | WVLT | Some programs on CBS: Ghost Whisperer, Without a Trace, CSI: NY, Cane, NCIS, Numb3rs, Moonlight, Criminal Minds, Cold Case, 60 Minutes, Two and a Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Captain, How I Met Your Mother, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. | Local | Local |
| 10 | 10 | WBIR | Some programs on NBC: The Singing Bee, Lipstick Jungle, The IT Crowd, Journeyman, Football Night in America, Heroes, The Apprentice, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Bionic Woman, Deal or No Deal, Medium, Las Vegas, Law and Order, and Life. | Local | Local |
| 15 | 15 | WKOP | Some programs on PBS: Angelina Ballerina, The Berenstain Bears, Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, NOW, BBC World News, American Experience, Cyberchase, Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Red Dwarf, Franny's Feet, NOVA, Zoboomafoo, Sesame Street, and Keeping Score. | Local | Local |
| 20 | 20 | WBXX | Some programs on CW: Aliens in America, Girlfriends, Everybody Hates Chris, CW Now, Life Is Wild, America's Next Top Model, Supernatural, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Farmer Wants a Wife, The Game, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Gossip Girl, Reaper, and Beauty and the Geek. | Local | Local |
| 30 | - | MNT | MNT (MNT) | Local | - |
| 43 | 43 | WTNZ | Some programs on FOX: Back to You, The Simpsons, Til Death, American Dad, K-Ville, When Women Rule the World, America's Most Wanted, House, 24, American Idol, The Next Great American Band, COPS, Prison Break, Unhitched, and Canterbury's Law. | Local | Local |
| 48 | 48 | WVLR | WVLR (IND) | Local | Local |
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