Directv® Local Channels
Directv® offers local channels
in digital quality for most major cities within the United States.
Local channels are also usually available on the areas that surround
major cities as well. If you happen to live in one of those areas
then you can order Directv® programming packages that include
local channels.
This is one of the factors that you
should keep in mind if you are going to compare the offers of Dish
Network vs. Directv®. Dish Network also offers local
channels but the price is not included in the package price. With
Dish Network you have to pay an additional $5.99 for local channels.
Directv® offers local channels to over 94% of homes that are located
anywhere in the U.S. and they are constantly adding more markets.
Plus, Directv® offers local channels in high definition in certain
areas of the nation. When you order
Directv® services you can see if your area qualifies.
According to federal law, satellite
tv companies can only offer local channels within a local television
market. This means, for example, that they can only offer Seattle
stations in the city of Seattle and the surrounding areas. This federal
law was enacted with the intent of providing some respect for the
local television station market boundaries that have been established
by the Nielsen Media research company. Directv® abides by these
federal laws. Therefore, you will only be able to get the local television
stations that are within your local market.
With Directv® local channels you
will be able to watch your local sports teams, special events and
your favorite broadcast TV shows. In certain areas you will even be
able to enjoy all of this in high definition with a Directv® HD
Receiver, an HDTV-Ready television set and an off-air antenna.*
Directv® currently offers local
channels in 142 broadcasting markets in areas that span the entire
country. That amounts to more than 94% of homes in the United States.
Below you will find a list of the current markets where the Directv®
local channels are available.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY*† w
Albuquerque-Sante Fe, NM*† wAnchorage,
AK*** w Atlanta, GA Augusta, GA** w
Austin, TX Bakersfield, CA* w wBaltimore,
MD w Baton Rouge, LA* w
Birmingham, AL Boise, ID** w Boston,
MA Buffalo, NY*† w Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh,
NY** w Cedar Rapids, IA** w
Champaign, IL** w Charleston, SC** Charleston-Huntington,
WV* w Charlotte, NC Chattanooga, TN**
w Chicago, IL w
Chico, CA*† w Cincinnati, OH w
Cleveland, OH w Colorado Springs, CO
w Columbia-Jefferson City, MO** w
Columbia, SC w Columbus, OH w
Columbus-Tupelo, MS w Corpus Christi,
TX* w Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX w
Davenport, IA-Rock Island-Moline, IL** w
Dayton, OH* Denver, CO† w Des Moines,
IA* Detroit, MI w Duluth, MN-Superior,
WI*† El Paso, TX* w Eugene, OR* w
Evansville, IN** w Fairbanks, AK***
w Fargo, ND* w
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI* w Fort Myers-Naples,
FL* w Fort Smith, AR** w
Fort Wayne, IN** w Fresno-Visalia, CA*
w Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, MI* w
Green Bay-Appleton, WI* w Greensboro,
NC Greenville-New w Bern-Washington,
NC** w Greenville-Spartanburg, SC w
Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX* w
Harrisburg, PA Hartford-New Haven, CT* w
Honolulu, HI*** w Houston, TX Huntsville,
AL* w Indianapolis, IN w
Jackson, MS*† w Jacksonville, FL* w
Johnstown, PA** w Juneau, AK*** w
Kansas City, MO w Knoxville, TN* w
La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI** w Lafayette,
LA* w Lansing, MI* w
Las Vegas, NV* w Lexington, KY* w
Lincoln, NE** w Little Rock-Pine Bluff,
AR*† w Los Angeles, CA w
Louisville, KY* w Macon, GA** w
Madison, WI* w Mankato, MN w
Medford-Klamath Falls, OR*† w Memphis,
TN w Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL w
Milwaukee, WI w Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN w Mobile, AL-Pensacola-Fort Walton
Beach, FL* w Monterey-Salinas, CA* w
Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC** w Nashville,
TN w New Orleans, LA* w
New York, NY w Norfolk, VA*† w
Oklahoma City, OK* w Omaha, NE* w
Orlando-Daytona, FL w Paducah, KY-Cape
Girardeau, MO*† w Peoria-Bloomington,
IL** w Philadelphia, PA w
Phoenix, AZ w Pittsburgh, PA w
Portland-Auburn, ME* w Portland, OR
w Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA* w
Raleigh-Durham, NC w Reno, NV*† w
Richmond-Petersburg, VA* w Roanoke,
VA*† w Rochester, NY* w
Rochester-Austin, MN, w Mason City,
IA w Rockford, IL** w
Sacramento-Stockton, CA w Salt Lake
City, UT† w San Antonio, TX w
San Diego, CA w San Francisco-Oakland-San
Jose, CA w Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
San Luis Obispo, CA* w Savannah, GA*
w Seattle-Tacoma, WA w
Shreveport, LA* w Sioux Falls, SD**
w South Bend-Elkhardt, IN* w
Spokane, WA* w Springfield, MA* w
Springfield, MO** w St. Louis, MO Syracuse,
NY** w Tallahassee, FL-Thomasville,
GA*† w Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL w
Toledo, OH** Topeka, KS* w Traverse
City-Cadillac, MI** w Tri-Cities, TN
(Johnson City-Bristol-Kingsport)** w
Tucson, AZ* w Tulsa, OK* w
Tyler-Longview, TX* w Waco-Temple-Bryan,
TX** w Washington, DC w
Wausau-Rhinelander, WI** w West Palm
Beach, FL w Wichita-Hutchinson, KS*
w Wilkes-Barre, PA* Wilmington, NC*
w Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA*
w Youngstown, OH ** w
Zanesville, OH
*Receipt of local channels in these
markets requires a DIRECTV Multi-Satellite System.
**Receipt of local channels in these markets requires the use of a
second 18-inch DIRECTV Dish.
***Receipt of local channels in these markets requires a 1.2 meter
DIRECTV dish.
†ZIP code confirmation required.
