Herndon 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: My Name Is Earl, ER, Law and Order, Bionic Woman, Friday Night Lights, Scrubs, Heroes, Life, The Office, Chuck, The Apprentice, Sunday Night Football, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Deal or No Deal, and The IT Crowd. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 5 | 5 | WTTG | Some programs on FOX: American Idol, 24, The Return of Jezebel James, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Til Death, The Simpsons, COPS, Canterbury's Law, America's Most Wanted, The Next Great American Band, King of the Hill, Back to You, House, K-Ville, and Family Guy. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 7 | 7 | WJLA | Some programs on ABC: America's Funniest Home Videos, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Women's Murder Club, Boston Legal, Brothers and Sisters, Carpoolers, Eli Stone, Desperate Housewives, Big Shots, Dirty Sexy Money, Wife Swap, Lost, Cavemen, Notes from the Underbelly, and Miss/Guided. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 9 | 9 | WUSA | Some programs on CBS: Two and a Half Men, NCIS, Cold Case, Survivor: China, CSI: Miami, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement, Criminal Minds, Cane, The Unit, The Big Bang Theory, Moonlight, The Amazing Race, How I Met Your Mother, and Kid Nation. | 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: Keeping Score, BBC World News, American Experience, Washington Week, Nightly Business Report, Masterpiece Theatre, WIRED Science, Tony Brown's Journal, Maya and Miguel, Thomas and Friends, Learn To Read, Austin City Limits, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, The New Yankee Workshop, and Between the Lions. | Local | - |
| - | 25 | WHAG | Some programs on NBC: My Name Is Earl, ER, Law and Order, Bionic Woman, Friday Night Lights, Scrubs, Heroes, Life, The Office, Chuck, The Apprentice, Sunday Night Football, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Deal or No Deal, and The IT Crowd. | - | Local |
| 26 | 26 | WETA | Some programs on PBS: Keeping Score, BBC World News, American Experience, Washington Week, Nightly Business Report, Masterpiece Theatre, WIRED Science, Tony Brown's Journal, Maya and Miguel, Thomas and Friends, Learn To Read, Austin City Limits, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, The New Yankee Workshop, and Between the Lions. | Local | Local |
| - | 30 | WNVT | WNVT (IND) | - | Local |
| 32 | 32 | WHUT | Some programs on PBS: Keeping Score, BBC World News, American Experience, Washington Week, Nightly Business Report, Masterpiece Theatre, WIRED Science, Tony Brown's Journal, Maya and Miguel, Thomas and Friends, Learn To Read, Austin City Limits, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, The New Yankee Workshop, and Between the Lions. | Local | Local |
| 42 | 42 | WVPY | Some programs on PBS: Keeping Score, BBC World News, American Experience, Washington Week, Nightly Business Report, Masterpiece Theatre, WIRED Science, Tony Brown's Journal, Maya and Miguel, Thomas and Friends, Learn To Read, Austin City Limits, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, The New Yankee Workshop, and Between the Lions. | Local | Local |
| 47 | - | WMDO | WMDO (TFT) | Local | - |
| 50 | 50 | WDCW | Some programs on CW: Aliens in America, America's Next Top Model, Reaper, Life Is Wild, Crowned, Smallville, The Game, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Supernatural, Girlfriends, CW Now, Farmer Wants a Wife, Eight Days a Week, One Tree Hill, and Gossip Girl. | Local | Local |
| 56 | 56 | WNVC | WNVC (ETV) | Local | Local |
| 66 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| - | 68 | WJAL | WJAL (IND) | - | Local |
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