Dahlgren 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: Friday Night Lights, Journeyman, Heroes, The Apprentice, Law and Order, Football Night in America, Bionic Woman, The Office, The Singing Bee, The Biggest Loser, My Name Is Earl, Heroes: Origins, Las Vegas, Deal or No Deal, and The IT Crowd. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WTTG | Some programs on FOX: American Dad, Back to You, Bones, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, COPS, Prison Break, K-Ville, America's Most Wanted, The Next Great American Band, Unhitched, 24, Canterbury's Law, The Return of Jezebel James, American Idol, and King of the Hill. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WJLA | Some programs on ABC: Desperate Housewives, According to Jim, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Cavemen, Miss/Guided, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Carpoolers, Brothers and Sisters, The Bachelor, Men in Trees, Eli Stone, Lost, and National Bingo Night. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WUSA | Some programs on CBS: Swingtown, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Jericho, 60 Minutes, Kid Nation, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Captain, NCIS, The Unit, CSI: Miami, Shark, Numb3rs, Viva Laughlin, and Ghost Whisperer. | 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: Franny's Feet, The Victory Garden, Barney and Friends, Zoboomafoo, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Keeping Score, POV, Danger Rangers, Thomas and Friends, Tavis Smiley, Angelina Ballerina, NOW, BBC World News, ZOOM, and Independent Lens. | Local | - |
| - | 25 | WHAG | Some programs on NBC: Friday Night Lights, Journeyman, Heroes, The Apprentice, Law and Order, Football Night in America, Bionic Woman, The Office, The Singing Bee, The Biggest Loser, My Name Is Earl, Heroes: Origins, Las Vegas, Deal or No Deal, and The IT Crowd. | - | Local |
| 26 | 26 | WETA | Some programs on PBS: Franny's Feet, The Victory Garden, Barney and Friends, Zoboomafoo, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Keeping Score, POV, Danger Rangers, Thomas and Friends, Tavis Smiley, Angelina Ballerina, NOW, BBC World News, ZOOM, and Independent Lens. | Local | Local |
| - | 30 | WNVT | WNVT (IND) | - | Local |
| 32 | 32 | WHUT | Some programs on PBS: Franny's Feet, The Victory Garden, Barney and Friends, Zoboomafoo, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Keeping Score, POV, Danger Rangers, Thomas and Friends, Tavis Smiley, Angelina Ballerina, NOW, BBC World News, ZOOM, and Independent Lens. | Local | Local |
| 42 | 42 | WVPY | Some programs on PBS: Franny's Feet, The Victory Garden, Barney and Friends, Zoboomafoo, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, Keeping Score, POV, Danger Rangers, Thomas and Friends, Tavis Smiley, Angelina Ballerina, NOW, BBC World News, ZOOM, and Independent Lens. | Local | Local |
| 47 | - | WMDO | WMDO (TFT) | Local | - |
| 50 | 50 | WDCW | Some programs on CW: Aliens in America, Eight Days a Week, One Tree Hill, Crowned, Beauty and the Geek, Reaper, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, America's Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, Life Is Wild, Supernatural, Everybody Hates Chris, Girlfriends, CW Now, and The Game. | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WNVC | WNVC (ETV) | Local | Local |
| 66 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| - | 68 | WJAL | WJAL (IND) | - | Local |
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