tried 6 times now to get an abc station.always denied by the station located by u.belive wbup.are we ever going to be able to get an abc station from someone.or from somewhere.direct cant or wont give me any information,except that after 6 tries they dont see it getting approved.our local radio says that next month direct is going to give us our locals.true or false .can someone please give me a direct answer.thank you so much

I have Direct TV and have High Definition Waivers for local channels ABC, FOX and CBS. NBC no waiver but that will be fixed when TV6 comes to DirectTV.

Will local channels be available in High Definition?

If no, will I lose my High Definition waivers I currently have with DirectTV for locals on ABC, FOX and CBS?

I know it was stated a "similar" agreement with Driect TV was in the works and should be in place by end of April. Has an agreement been reached with DirectTv?

As to last post why TV6 denies your waiver like mine for NBC out of New York/Los Anggeles? TV6 states you can pick upo their signat by Antenna thus you do not qualify for a waiver. The only way you will get TV 6 without an antenna going forward is when and if TV 6 signs deal with Direct TV. I can't believe they will not sign as they have an agreement with DISH and Direct TV offers more customers! All about $$ and we are stuck in the middle!

REALLY! If this is true, why did I get a notice yesterday, May 29th, saying that you denied Direct TV's waiver allowing access to an affiliate in New York or Los Angeles???!! So, again, how are we supposed to get your station??

I hope the local channels in the deal will be the same as cable, espeacially Fox channel 11 from Green Bay so we can watch the Packers. 80% of the fans in the U.P. are Packer fans.

but don't leave out those of us that have a contract with dish network.

When will the local channels actually be available through the satellite companies though? Now? Before the DTV transition? This is good news, but a little more info would be better.

It's about time they find we do exist and need the local news and weather!

I have had DirecTV for 5 years now and when I first started I was paying $38 a month for basic package plus DVR (I work swing shift). Two months ago I was paying $69, for the same package. Almost doubled and seemed to go up a couple bucks every 3 months or so. I called Directv and complained and threaten to disconnect my service and they gave over $20 off without even thinking about it! If they gave me $20 off without thinking about it how much are they making off each and everyone of us! So I also agree with people on here it just another reason for Directv to jack up our rates. There no different than the local cable company! At least with the local cable company you can watch TV when it rains!

I switched from the local cable company to Direct TV over a year ago because i was sick of the rates going up and channels moving around so you had to 'buy up' to the higher packages to get what you like. I kept the very basic cable package so i would not lose the local stations. Heaven forbid we miss a Packer Game!
When i switched the basic package from Cable was $13 a month it has gone up almost every month until i am now paying over $17 a month. That is a 30% increase in one year. My Direct TV bill has not changed at all. I can't wait to cancel the cable when i can get the locals on Dish :-)

We have been missing you guys since we moved to the boonies. Now if we couod just get "Mr Bill" Roth back too.

i have been fighting with direct tv ever since the beginning of this government enforced hoax, and at last thanks to bart stupak tv 6/3 and all who fought to get local channals they are doing what they schould have done from the start. heres one for the U.P. p/s sonny you can delete all my past questions.

we haven't seen t.v. 6 news for over a year and miss it. thanks

If the station broadcast in HD then it will be carried in HD all signals will be digital June 12th there is not going to be analog thats what the convertors they are telling people they need do they take the digital signal and convert it back to analog for the people who have sets that are not digital ready say if you got a new tv 5 years ago then its not digital ready you will need the new box if you get over the air signals now if you have cable or sat. tv then this does not apply to you the carrier will have already taken care of this conversion for you your cable/sat box will already convert the signal for you

While good and all it'll be just another excuse for them to raise rates.

Great news....but....I have the digital box and can still only pick up ch 6. I do have an antenna and a booster but still dont get chs. 3 and 10. Anyone have any idea how I can fix that?

Woohoo!!!!!

1-Is it known what local channels exactly will also be available through the satellite companies? It states "all local channels" in the article; but does that for a fact include ABC, CBS, etc?

2-Will any or all of the local channels that are available in HD on cable, also be available in HD through one or both of the satellite companies?

For some time now, I went rounders and even pleaded to DirecTV about carrying my local stations in the Upper Peninsula on their program lists. They were making it all but impossible, and came up with one excuse or another. I was very pleased when I heard that Rep. Bart Stupak, was instrumental in getting the satellite cos. to start carrying true local stations and not the ones from either N.Y. or L.A. The only problem I had, was that I already had a chance to buy a real good quality UHF/VHF antenna, along with a long lenth of R-6, coaxil, weather boot, various fasteners, etc. These came to approx. imately $200.00. Being that I can't return any of them; I decided to hook it all up as a backup. This happens when the satellite looses its signal during heavy rain or snow. When this happens at least we can watch our locals, even when the dish is out of order. Also, this first timeline that I heard for getting local stations on the satellite, wasn't for another year or two. Now I find out that it will in the middle of June or so. Had I known that this process was going faster than expected, I would not have bought all that stuff to hook up a good outside off-air antenna. It sounds like things are headed the right way; yet I will believe it when TV6 is showing on our TV, through our dish.

I have struggled trying to pick up TV 6 with my antennae and lately I haven't been picking it up. So this is really good news since TV 6 is my preferred channel in the morning and evening. I really feel the local and state news and weather reports pertain to me more than the Green Bay channels. Thank you TV 6! I can't wait until the end of April when TV 6 picks up Direct TV.

I'd like to know how many channels will be affected

by this change. Also....does Channel 19 plan on going

digital? Their good for the weekend viewing but as of

now their picture comes and goes. Hate to think I put

up a antenna for nothing last fall. Lets have some facts

We are happy about this and assume we will have to pay an extra amount to get TV6 on our DishNetwork? With our current antenna on our home in a low lying area we were told we might not be able to pick up TV6 even with a new specialized antenna. Hopefully the cost from DishNetwork will be near the same amount we now pay for adding channels. We enjoy TV6's newscasts which are very well done! Thanks for pursuing this.

Dish is better than Charter in every single way, except that Charter gets local channels.

Oh, I hope this works.

It is about time DirecTv gets our local channels. I've been paying $3.00 a month extra for CBS and FOX out of NY and LA. It is interesting to get the news from there, but I'd really like to have the local news.

About time!!!!!