8/13/03

• Added "Coming 8/28" to Anchorage locals EXCEPT NBC and ABC affiliates. (Craig)
  http://www.adn.com/front/story/3667532p-3698057c.html

8/12/03

• The name of channel 168 from The National Network to Spike TV.  The EPG is still showing TNN, but that will most likely change later today.

• Anchorage, Alaska Local channels now uplinked to channels 7030-7038 at 119° spot beam 2 transponder 9. (Post on DBSTalk)

• FeTV is now available to Sky Angel Subscribers on channel 9720 at 61.5°

• NHL Center Ice and NBA League Pass channels are uplinked again to channels 541-549 and 562-571.   The channels are now mirrors of RSNs to conserve bandwidth.(ANON)  Not yet available to subscribers.

• MCN2 (whatever it is) is uplinked and reportedly available to subscribers on channel 9603(ANON)... (I cannot see this channel on my receivers)

• KWSU TV PBS Pullman, WA in the Spokane market is now available to locals subscribers (ANON)

• 8 channels labeled SKDL are now uplinked on channels 9910-9917 at 110° transponder 24. (ANON)

8/7/03

• 19 channels changed transponders but remained in the same orbital location. (ANON)
  • At 119°  WE 128 from Tp  10 at to Tp  12.  BBC 135 moved from Tp  21 Tp  20.  ESPNA 145 moved from Tp  10 to Tp  13.  MTV2 161 moved from Tp  21 to Tp  20.  MSG 412 moved from Tp  17 to Tp  21.  FOXRM 414 moved from Tp  6 to Tp  17.  FOXW 417 moved from Tp  20 to Tp  21.  FOXNW 426 moved from Tp  13 to Tp  10.  EMP 432 moved from Tp  2 to Tp  10.  NESN 434 moved from Tp  20 to Tp  21.  FOXN 436 moved from Tp  21 to Tp  18.  ALT1 445 moved from Tp  21 to Tp  2.  SPORT 454 moved from Tp  10 to Tp  13
     
  • At 110°  OLN 151 moved from Tp  23 to Tp  27.  DHOME 194 moved from Tp  22 Tp  23. WISDM 264 moved from Tp  22 to Tp  23.  PPV 524 moved from Tp  23 to Tp  22.  HITN 9401 moved from Tp  15 to Tp  23.  LINK 9410 moved from Tp  27 to Tp  23.

8/6/03

• FeTV (not to be confused with TV Fe), a Spanish language evangelist channel,  is now being uplinked to E*3 at 61.5 tp25 on channel 9720. This channel is not yet available to subscribers.  It is scheduled to launch this month on Sky Angel. (ANON)
• Praise TV has been removed from channel 9731 to make room on the Sky Angel transponders for FeTV. (ANON)
• Two changes in the Lexington market:
  • WTVQ-TV36 9205 moved from Tp  10s10 Ohio Beam  to Tp  19 at 110 West (ANON)
  • WLJC-TV65 has been added to channel 9212 on Tp 10s10 at 110 (Not available to Subscribers) (ANON)
• KTEH 8234 is now available to San Fran. local subscribers again at 148°
• The new Korean language channels and Arirang TV are no longer in "free preview" mode. (ANON)
• The Philly "minor" locals at 129° changed channel numbers from 8158-8166 to 8168-8174 (ANON).  Presumably this is so they would not "confuse" the receivers (or the poor techs that have to re-aim countless dishes) in the Philly area.
• All the minor Philly locals at 61.5 are now mapped one channel above their OTA channel number except channel 69 which is mapped at channel 68. (ANON) Presumably for the same reason as stated above.

8/2/03

• Channel 240 which was showing Ohio Tax (www.stopthetax.com) info is now showing The Sportsman Channel.  The EPG remains TXINF.  (anon)  This channel is not visible by subscribers.

8/1/03

• It has been reported that WLJC TV in the Lexington Market will be added to the Lexington locals on the 110° satellite Ohio Spot (Anon).

7/31/03

• AMC2 at 105° lit up today!  Transponder 18 (24tp map) or 24 (32 tp map) now contains 10 local channels.  7050-7053 from Wichita/Hutchinson, Kansas and 9385-9388, 9390, 9391 from Richmond, VA.  These channels are FTA on an MPEG2 receiver but not visible on any Dish receiver right now. (ANON)
• Channels 9941-9946 which were the Richmond locals at 148° tp 14 are now gone.

7/30/03

• All the Philadelphia "Extra" locals are now mirrored on both 129° and 61.5° transponder 2 (ANON)  Looks like 129° will not be an E* slot for much longer.
• KTEH-TV54 8234 has been added to  Tp 27 at 148° (AGAIN) (ANON)...sorry I did not remove it the last time it came off that transponder. (ed)  Of course it is not available to subscribers, yet.
• WKLE-TV46 Lexington 9211 moved from Tp  2 at 61.5 West to Tp  10 Ohio Beam at 110°. (ANON)
• Channel 8546 KCBU Salt Lake City has been turned for subscribers at 148°. (ANON)  A free Dish and installation is available from to SLC locals subs that would like to get this channel.  Call Dish at 1-800-333-DISH.
• Test Channels 9963-65 changed EPG names from TST13-15 to HDTS1-3 respectively. (ANON)  Looks like some HD Tests will be going on at 148.  It is speculated that these will move to 105° shortly.

7/24/03

• 4 PPV channels swapped satellites.  Channel 503 and 508 jumped from 119° to 110° while channels 511 and 519 jumped from 110° to 119°.  (ANON)
• Transponder listing correction on channel 151.  It was listed as transponder 22.  It should have been changed to 23. (EC)
• Added package information to the Korean Channels (650-653) and on the package notes. The Korean Variety Pack sells for $36.99.  The Korean Basic Pack sells for $29.99.  Arirang by itself still sells for $14.99 a month. (ANON)

7/23/03

• Three Korean Channels have become available in "free preview mode" to subscribers.  Channel 650 (SBS), 651 (MBN-CNBC) and channel 652 (iSkycom) on 61.5 and 148. (ANON)  No official pricing info is available on the Dish Web Site as of this moment
• Arirang, the existing Korean language channel is now in free preview mode as well. (ANON)
• KFPH Telefutura Phoenix DMA is now available to locals subscribers. (ANON)
• WDBD TV 40 (WB -Jackson, MS) is now available to local subscribers. (ANON)
• 9781 Total Gospel Radio now available in the Sky Angel Package. (ANON)
• KWSU TV 10 (PBS - Pullman, WA/Moscow/Lewiston, ID) has moved from 148 to 110 Northwest Spot Beam.  It is not yet available to subscribers.
• Added WNEU TV 60 (Telemundo - Merrimack/Manchester, NH) to the grid on channel 8779.  This channel is not yet available or even uplinked.  However the FCC has ruled in favor of NBC (owner of the channel) in a "must carry" dispute. (Post by JohnH on DBSTalk.com).  As a result this channel must be carried by Dish within 75 days of receiving "good quality" signal from the station.

7/17/03

• Minor  Oo-boo corrections (anon/ANON)

7/16/03

Thanks to ANON and anon (you know who you are :-)) for all the information today

• Removed TXINF 155 from the grid.  This was an info channel for Nevada Subs only dealing with a proposed satellite only tax
• A new Russian channel was added to the grid on channel 595 to Tp 14 at 61.5 and Tp 7 at 148.  Channel 1 Russia.  This was formerly ORT.  This channel is not yet available to subscribers.
• Channels 620-623 and 625-639 have all now officially "moved" to the 800 block.  All the channels are showing the same test card informing subscribers to tune to the 800 block.  This card is on transponder 18 at 119°
• Three new Korean channels were added to the grid.  All are on transponder 18 at 61.5° and transponder 11 at 148°.  These channels are not yet available to subscribers.  The channels are :
  • SBS TV channel 650
  • Korean Broadcasting Service at 651
  • iSkycom at 652
• The new Provo/Salt Lake City local KCBU-TV32 is now on Tp 2 at 148° on channel 8546.  It is not yet available to subscribers.
• Sky Angel removed Family Radio Network on channel 9763 in order to make room for Totally Urban Gospel Radio on channel 9781.  The new channel is not yet available to subscribers

7/13/03

• KVBC NBC affiliate in Las Vegas is now available to local subscribers on Dish channel 9032. (Richard)
• Added two new channels to the grid.  According to the Sky Angel web site, Fe TV (not to be confused with FETV channel 5 Panama or Telefe Argentina) and Totally Gospel Radio will be added to the Sky Angel Lineup late this month and next moth respectively. (Post by Steve on DBSTalk.com)

7/9/03

• As of this moment Daystar and Familynet are still on Dish Network, however FEDERAL COURT RULING HAS ORDERED DISH TO REMOVE CHANNELS 9408 AND 9414 FROM THEIR LINE UP SINCE SKY ANGEL HAS EXCLUSIVITY.  Both Daystar and FamilyNet are appealing.  Perhaps Dish is too, but Dish MAY NOT have a leg to stand on due to agreements with Dominion.  Look for these channel to disappear unless an emergency stay is granted pending appeal. (P#)
• Univision, Galavision and TV Azteca on channels 270, 272 and 624 have "moved" to the 800 block.  All channels now show the same info card telling subscribers to tune to the 800 range to see this channel. (ANON)
• A little switcheroo on the Waco locals: (ANON)
  • KNCT 8991 moved from Tp  7s10 Texas Beam at EchoStar 119 West to Tp  8 at
    EchoStar 148 West
  • KWBU 8992 moved from Tp  8 at EchoStar 148 West to Tp  7s10 Texas Beam at
    EchoStar 119 West
• KFPH TeleFutura Flagstaff (Phoenix Market)  is now being uplinked to Tp 5s6 at 119° on channel 8330.  According to the Dish web site, this channel is not yet available to subscribers. (ANON)

7/2/03

• Channel 9274 (WDBD, WB Jackson, MS) is now being uplinked on transponder 14 at 110.  However this channel is not yet available to subscribers. (anon)
• Channel 7017, KTAL TV 6 (NBC - Texarkana, TX) Shreveport DMA, is now available to subscribers. (anon)
• Channel 9352, KARK TV 4 (NBC - Little Rock, AR), is now available to subscribers. (anon)
• Placeholder channels 9901-9905 added to the grid (ANON).  These channels were placed on "vacant" transponders to make up for a bug on the DP301 software.  Some DP301s didn't know what to do when they encountered these temporarily empty transponders and froze up.  In order "fix" this, Dish activated these channels.  They have absolutely no content, but they keep the 301s from blowing up.
• Three new Tax info channels added to grid...residents of the states affected, please e-mail to the address above whether you can see these channels.  127 for California, 152 Connecticut and 155 for Nevada. (ANON)  This is in addition to channel 240 in Ohio which seems to have been turned off today.

7/1/03

• Little Rock Locals are now available to subscribers with the exception of the NBC and Pax affiliates. (anon)
• FX moved from transponder 19 to transponder 12. (ANON/anon)
• Channel 9284 is listed on the Dish EPG as WJPR which is the Fox affiliate in Lynchburg VA.  However, the channel in that slot is actually a sub-channel on WJPR-DT which is a WB station known on cable systems as WBVA.  (Jim D)  According to the listings on the station's web site it is channel 20 sub-channel 3.  So changed the listings in the guide to reflect this info.
• Channel 240 is now showing information about the satellite-only tax that Governor Taft just signed into law. (Brian W)  The slate currently says "Attention:  Ohio Dish Network Subscribers.  Governor Taft signed the budget bill containing a SATELLITE TV-ONLY TAX.  This tax will go into effect August 1, 2003.  Dish Network believes that this is unfair and is working to repeal the tax.  We thank all who took the time to share your opinion with Governor Taft in opposing this tax.  www.stopsatellitetax.com"
• Changed the hyperlink on channel 597 (Record Internacional) (Mike)
• WNEG CBS Taccoa, GA is now available to Greenville, SC locals subscribers on channel 8191 at 61.5°.  This channel became available to subscribers on 6/26/03.  A free dish is available to all local Greenville subscribers who would like to get this channel and do not have a dish pointing at 61.5°.  Call 1-800-333-DISH for details.

6/25/03

• Shreveport Locals are now available to subscribers  (except NBC) on channels 7015-7021.
• Little Rock locals now uplinked to channels 9350-9358 (anon)
• WJPR Roanoke Fox/WB now available to local subscribers on channel 9284
• WXPX Tampa Pax is now available to local subscribers on channel 8703
• Wink and other test channels back in the 9500 range on the 148 satellite. (ANON)
• Added a note to Dish Latino channels 270, 272, 620-639 stating that they will be "moving" to the 800 block.  (Jeff F)

6/21/03

• Channels 8230 and 8232 moved from transponder 27 at 148° to transponder 7 spot 4 at 119° (ANON/anon)
• Channel 8972 moved from transponder 25 at 148° to transponder 10 spot 2 at 110° (ANON/anon)
• Channel 8328 moved from 148° to transponder 5spot 6 at 119° (ANON/anon)
• Channel 8378 moved from 148° to transponder 5 spot 10 at 119° (ANON/anon)
• Channel 8478 moved from 148° to transponder 2 spot  at 110° (ANON/anon)
• WXPX pax affiliate in Bradenton/Tampa/St. Pete, FL is now reported as being uplinked to 110° transponder 10 on the Florida spot. (anon)

6/19/03

• Channels 9660 and 9662 (Data test channels) are gone. (anon)
• False alarm on WGGS.  It is still there. (ANON)
• Shreveport Locals now uplinked on channels 7015-7021 on the 110° satellite, Mississippi/Louisiana/Arkansas spot. (anon/ANON)
• Green Bay Locals now uplinked to ConUS transponder 17 at 110° on channels 9330-9336. (ANON/anon)
• Baltimore---yes, I said Baltimore, Greg-- locals are now uplinked to spot beam 13 (NE beam) on the 119° satellite. (ANON/anon)
• WJPR Fox in Lynchburg is reported as being uplinked to channel 9284 on transponder 12 at 61.5° (anon)  This channel is not yet available to mere mortals like me.
• channels 9981, 9982 gone from 61.5 (anon)
• channels 9991, 9992, 9993 gone from 61.5 (anon)
• channel 9602 gone from 110, 9602 now at 119, tp 11 (Jeff F/anon)
• New channel - ch 579, CRDEX, tp 24, 61.5 and tp 15, 148.  The channel is labeled "Card Exchange Instructional Video" (anon).  This channel is not available to mere morals.

6/18/03

• 9443 moved from Tp 7 to Tp 16. Tp 7 shutdown on 61.5° (ANON)
• 9501-9599 are gone. Tp 15 shut down on 61.5° (ANON)
• 9428 moved from Tp 13 to Tp 24 on 61.5° (ANON)
• 690 and 691 have been removed from the system.  These were mirrors of shopping channels (ANON)
• Tp 13 at 61.5° has been shut down. (ANON)
• 9621, 9622, 9641 moved from Tp 5 to Tp 23 on 61.5° (ANON)
• 9680 moved from Tp 5 to Tp 24. at 61.5° (ANON)
• 9981 and 9982, 9991, 9992 and 9993 moved from Tp 5 to Oblivion.  Still assigned to Tp 5, but Tp 5 is shutdown at 61.5° (ANON)
• 9650 and 9651 are gone from 61.5 and 148 (ANON)
• DISH Network is no longer occupying R/L DBS Tps. (ANON)
• 9680 moved from Tp 23 to Tp 15. at 148° (ANON)
• 9621, 9622 and 9641 moved from Tp 23 to Tp 31 at 148° (ANON)
• 491 moved from Tp 31 to Tp 15 at 148. (ANON)
• Channel 9604 no longer appears on the EPG. (Wade) 
• Channel 9604 moved to channel 9602 and the channel formerly there has disappeared. (Jeff F)
• Channel 8840 moved from 61.5° to the Miami Spot on transponder 3 Spot 15 (ANON)
• Channel 9421 (HD Info) has been removed from the system. (ANON)
• Channel 8192 (WGGS Greenville DMA) appears to be gone?  Though the Dish web page shows it at 8192.  Anyone from that area, please let me know if it has moved to a spot beam or to channel 8191?  Send an e-mail to the link above.  Added a question mark to the channel number.

6/16/03

• GolTV now has the English audio track set as the main sound track on channel 407 and the main sound track which is in Spanish set on the "Spanish" alternate audio.  Channels 632 and 853 have only the Spanish audio track available.
• 149, 167, 177, 186, 626 and 836 moved from Tp 12 to Tp 11 at 110w. (ANON. anon) Only leaves Knoxville on Tp 12.(ANON)
• Added a 5th "channel 36861.  This one is at 129° transponder 17 (ANON)
• 175 and 179 moved from Tp 17 to Tp 15.  (ANON)
• 192 and 623/840 moved from Tp 17 to Tp 9.  This leaves only Roanoke/Lynchburg on Tp 17. (ANON)
• KWSU TV 10 (PBS - Pullman, WA/Moscow/Lewiston, ID) in the Spokane DMA took another step to becoming available to subscribers today.  The channel is now visible on FTA receivers on transponder 29 at 148°. (anon)  It is NOT visible on any Dish receiver no matter how mighty.  The channel will most likely be assigned to number 9177.

6/12/03

• 111, 119, 207, 341 and 343 moved from Tp 20 to Tp 18.  Tp 20 is now also empty. (ANON)
• Channel 939 changed its name from R&B Reveu to Classic Soul (Steve)

6/11/03

• The following channels moved from Tp 16 to Tp 26 at 61.5: 589 Soccer, 616 PTV Prime USA, 646 ESC 1 USA, 647 Nile Drama, 648 Future TV USA, 649 EDTV Channel Europe, 655 Radio Maria Spanish, 658 Radio Maria Italian, 664 Radio Maria Polish, 678 BVN TV (ANON) [this info was sent to me on 6/10 in the early morning...just now had a chance to update the chart]
• GolTV (Spanish language Soccer channel--no alternate audio) is now available to AT150 subscribers on channel 407.
• 103 and 450 moved to Tp 22 at 110w (ANON)
• 139 and 500 moved to Tp 22 at 110w (ANON)
• 151 moved to Tp 23 at 110w (ANON)
• 447 moved to Tp 29 at 110w (ANON)
• 459 moved to Tp 13 at 110w (ANON)
• 633 and 859 moved to Tp 23 at 110w (ANON)
• 402 and 560 moved to Tp 27 at 110w (ANON)
• 540 moved to Tp 26 at 110w (ANON)
• 561 moved to Tp 26 at 110w (ANON)
• 988 moved to Tp 23 at 110w (ANON)
• 541-549 are gone 'til next season (ANON)
• 562-571 are gone 'til next season (ANON)
• 9410 moved to Tp 27 at 110w (ANON)
  • Net Result is Tps 5,7,24 and 25 are empty at 110w. (ANON)
• Dish Network moved KTMD Houston from its old channel location 48 to its new channel location 47.  Changed the listing on channel 8379. (Jim D)

6/8/03

• By suggestion, added a link to www.widescreen.org on the "LTBX" PPV channels and footnote.
• By suggestion, changed the channel names of EPG and EEPG to better describe what they are.
• By suggestion, changed footnote 11 to include all receivers with Open TV capability.
• By suggestion, Added channel mappings on the notes page.

6/5/03

• As of 6/4/03 the four Allbritton ABC affiliates listed in the 6/1 changes have returned to the Dish line-up (Post by bkwest on DBSTalk.com, ANON)
• Channels 9425, 9975 and 9976 have moved to from transponder 10 to transponder 5 at 148° (ANON, anon)
• Changed the wording of footnotes 8 and 14.  The Dishplayer seems to have lost the "hidden guide" when the 16833 web client was spooled to my receiver.  This is not a surprise, but sad to see it go. (Tony)
• GolTV which is in the Dish Latino package is supposed to become available to AT150 subscribers this month.  It appears to be mirrored to channel 407 now.  Added channel to the listing. 
• PPV channel 538 is now officially a "Last Chance" PPV channel. All movies are $1.99 and none of them are All-Day, although it's ususally the same movie playing per day. (Mike)
• WSET channel 9280 (ABC Roanoke) is now available to subscribers (Post on DBSTalk.com)

6/1/03

Quite a few of these changes are quite overdue.  Sorry that I have been to busy to get to these important changes.  A big thank you to those that e-mailed me dozens of changes and suggestions!

• KTCI-TV 17 (PBS - St.Paul/Minneapolis) channel 8580 has moved from 61.5 to 110°.  This change happened last Thursday. (anon)
• Added a note to channels 9941-9946 (Test Channel programming may not be that of listed channel)  This means that the channel's EPG and the channel contend do not match.  These are listed as the Richmond locals, but the programming is not that of the Richmond local stations right now. (anon)
• Added satellite info to "Richmond Locals". (anon/ANON)
• The following stations have been yanked by Allbritton Communications :
  WJLA – Washington, D.C.
  KTUL – Tulsa, OK
  WHTM – Harrisburg, PA
  WJSU – Birmingham, AL
  • Dish has put up a note in the corner of http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/index.shtml with links to the contact page. However, if you use the contact us web links to the station personnel, the page loops back to Dish Network's page because of a script.  Go to the TV station's page and use the "contact us" links on the respective pages to complain to the TV stations or contact Allbritton Communications  directly.  Remember it is that parent company that pulled the stations.  (Mark/anon/ANON/Robert)
• Added Green Bay locals to the grid.  These channels are not yet uplinked, but they are currently listed on the Dishplayer "hidden guide". (ANON)
• Added note to channel name of 101.  Dish plans to change the tape on the this channel (finally) and call it Dish 101. (anon)
• Added note to KAKW channel 899x.  This channel is being added to the Waco locals on June 18. (anon/Retailer Chat)
• Added note to each Telefutura (830 and 831).  Only one per subscriber.  Mere mortals can only receive the feed for their time zone.  Those in Eastern and Central time can receive channel 830 which is the east feed.  Those in the mountain and pacific time zone can only receive the west feed on channel 831.  The same holds for Dish Latino packages as for AT100 and AT150 packages.  On a personal note:  This is absolutely insane!  But I guess that is the way Telefutura/Univision want it.  Call or write Univision and Telefutura to complain!

5/28/03

• Muzak channel 931 has returned, but not as "Classical Ambiance"  It is now called 7890 - 4 Decades of Music.  (ANON/anon)  Took me a while to realize that 7890 means that its music from the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000's.
• Richmond/Petersburg is now being uplinked to channels 9940-9946. (anon)  The satellite info is in dispute right now.  Will post sat info as soon as a consensus can be reached.  The 9900 block has generally been reserved for test channels so they may move later on...but who knows!
• Tallahassee local ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS are now available to subscribers. (9290, 1, 2 and 6)
• The new Dish Latino package and 800 channel block are now available to subscribers.  Looks like Telefutura East is available to AT100 subscribers, but West is part of the Dish Latino package.  The same holds true for Univision West.  (I owe some one a milk shake if this turns out to be true! :-)  A UDF Malt is the payoff!  Yum.
  • Update: As of 2:50 am Univision West is now available to AT100 subscribers.  So no UDF Malt payoff! And Telefutura West disappeared from the EPG of my 4000 after having been listed there before.  It will be coming soon to AT100 and Dish Latino.
• Channel 9102 Louisville PBS/KET2 is apparently now available to locals subscribers. (anon)
• Channel 9285 UPN Roanoke is apparently now available to locals subscribers. (anon).  However the channel seems to have moved from the pre-launch position at 110° to transponder 12 at 61.5° (John H at DBSTalk.com)
• Channel 8958 Telemundo Tucson is now apparently available to locals subscribers (anon)
• Added footnote 12 at Mark H's request dealing with the informational channels on stand-by waiting for the Miami court ruling.  Changed the footnote on channels 240, 250, 7999 and 9399 from 1 to 12.
• Channel 8992 Waco PBS channel is apparently now available to locals subscribers.

5/27/03

• Channels 8361, 8517, 8284, 8461, 8462, 8581, 8582, 8583, 8717, 8823 and 8959  no longer have space assigned on the satellites. (ANON) Removed the satellite info and changed the footnote from (1) or (14) to (9).
• Dish locals information channel has been plastered all over the grid.  This channel is not yet available to subscribers but it is now uplinked to channels 102, 104, 125, 196, 197 and 198 (ANON).  Some one will have to explain to me why it's on three adjacent channels.   This is only ONE channel mirrored on all 6 locations.

5/24/03

• WKMJ TV 68 Louisville, a KET2 Affiliate is now being uplinked to 61.5° transponder 22 on channel 9102.  It is not yet available to mere mortals (regular subscribers) (anon)
• KWBU TV Waco, TX was listed on channel 8995 and uplinked to transponder 7 Spot 10, but not available to subscriber, won a ruling from the FCC to have Dish carry the channel under "must carry" rules.  Dish must carry this channel by mid june.  This channel has been moved to transponder 8 at 148° and the channel number is now listed as 8992. (anon)
• The channel that was listed at 8992 KAKW is still listed without a channel number and a (9) on it because it is still a possibility.
• The College station channel (Waco DMA) listed on channel 8994 is no longer uplinked.  A (9) has been added to the listing and satellite info removed.

5/23/03

• Roanoke/Lynchburg Virginia locals (9280 block) now available to subscribers without ABC or UPN.  Reported "Technical Difficulties by some.  However it has also been reported as a retrans issue.  Will update where there is firm word on the issue. (ANON, anon, Darkman form DBSTalk., Jim P, Anon, Tom T)

5/22/03

• Channel 449 (sports alternate 5) has disappeared but channel 465 (sports PPV) has magically reappeared on the same transponder and satellite. (ANON)
• Channel 454 (Sports PPV) appeared today. (anon)  It shares the channel space with channel 145 so only one or the other is visible at any one time.(ANON)
• Channels 455 and 470 changed their name from Event (PPV Events) to Sport (PPV Sports) (anon)
• Paducah NBC affiliate (9257) is now available to Paducah locals subscribers.  The package price will now be the regular price of $5.99.

5/21/03

• Channels 541-549 from the NHL Center Ice Package and channels 562-571 from the NBA League Pass package disappeared from the EPG today however they are still being uplinked.  Changed the nots from package info to (1). (ANON)
• Channel 158's EPG name was changed from MUMSC (Much Music USA) to FUSE. (anon)
• Dish Latino channels are on the move!  The 800 block came alive again today with all the old and new Spanish language channels.  The guess on the channel numbers I made below (5/21 changes) was incorrect.  The channels are not yet available to subscribers but they should become visible on 5/29  (ANON, anon, post by Darkman on DBSTalk.com)

5/21/03

• Univisión West, Telefutura east and west, De Película and De Película Clásico have been added to transponder 1 at 110°. (ANON)  No channel numbers assigned yet but temporarily placed between channels 270 and 300.  Educated guesses of the channel numbers for Telefutura and Univisión.
  • As a side note...the term De Película (DEH  peh-LEE-koo-la)  litterally means "of film" or "of movies".  But the term also has a different widely accepted slang meaning.  When you tell some one you look (te ves) "de pelíicula", you are saying you look wonderful.  Or "glamorous enough to be in the movies."   The term applies to men, women, things and places.   The name of these channels is quite ingenious. (TNGTony)
• The sixth Spanish language channel today was Telehit.  This channel was added to transponder 9 at 110°  Again no channel number assigned by Dish yet (ANON)
• Knoxville local channels 9310-9316 are now technically available to subscribers though CSRs may not be able to activate them until 6am 5/22/03; the announced date of availability for these channels.(anon)

5/19/03

• Much Music USA changed its name today to "Fuse".  Changed info in the grid.

5/16/03

• The Tallahassee locals were actually uplinked to spot 12 not 11.  The Tampa locals were moved from transponder 2 to transponder 10 to make room.

5/15/03

• Tallahassee locals added to the grid on channels 9290-9296 on transponder 2 spot 12 at 110° (ANON)
• Knoxville locals assigned channel numbers 9310-9314 and 9316.  (ANON) These channels are scheduled to become available to subscribers 5/22
• Two Knoxville religious locals out of Harlan,  KY and Tazewell, TN added to 61.5 on channels 9317 and 9318. (ANON)
• Channel 8958 Telemundo out in the Tucson market (KHRR) won a Must Carry battle not too long ago with the FCC and Dish has followed the ruling by placing them on a transponder 12 at 148. (ANON)  This station will become available to area subscribers shortly.

5/14/03

• Knoxville local channels added to the grid just before channel 9399 without channel numbers.  The ABC, CBS, NBC Fox, WB and PBS affiliate are uplinked without channel numbers to ConUS transponder 12 @ 110° (ANON)
• AT150 Preview channels (266-269, 271 and 273-299) are no longer available but still listed in the EPG. (ANON)
  • Update: The AT150 freeview channels have left the EPG. (ANON)  Though they are still uplinked with the mirrors, I have removed the listings from the pages since the channels are not coming back any time soon.

5/13/03

• Cedar Rapids ABC channel becomes available to subscribers tomorrow sometime during the day (perhaps about 4pm local time) (Charlie Chat)
• Jackson MS locals now available to subscribers.  WAGA Fox from Atlanta will be included in the $5.99 package for those who qualify.  Those who do not qualify for a distant Fox network channel will get a $1 discount on the locals package. (Charlie Chat)

5/12/03

• Jackson, MS locals are now "technically" available to subscribers. (anon)  CSRs may not have access to the "switch" to turn them on right now, but they should be available at 8am tomorrow (Tuesday).  Keep in mind that the official launch date is 5/15/2003 so there is a good possibility that CSRs may not have the ability to turn them on until 8am that day.
  • UPDATE: According to THIS news story, Jackson MS locals are available as of 5/13/03.

5/8/03

• Sioux Falls SD NBC affiliate now available to locals subscribers.  (Post of DBSTalk.com by "Music Beans")
• Added Knoxville locals to the grid just before channel 9399.  These channels are not yet uplinked and have no channel numbers yet.  They have been announced as being available to subscribers on 5/22/03 on the latest "Retailer Chat".  (Post on DBSTalk.com by "Darkman")

5/7/03

• Jackson, Mississippi and Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia are now uplinked to 110 conus transponders 14 and 17 respectively on channels 9270-9286.  (ANON/anon)  The channels are not yet available to mere mortals.  Guess is that at least the Jackson channels will move to spot beams before launch.
• Channels 9399, 7999, 240 and 250 were turned on today.  The channels are entitled "Locals" but currently only displays a Dish logo.  This channels are also not available to subscribers yet. (ANON/anon).  These channels will be activated if Dish is ordered by the Miami Courts to turn off locals to up to 60% of Dish customers.  The channel will show information on why and what to do to possibly get them back on again.  The ruling may be a straight forward "turn all locals off for everyone and requalify them one at a time as they call in to reactivate locals.  That is the worst case scenario.

5/6/03

• KTVJ (8212 Denver locals) changed its affiliation from HSN to TeleFutura sometime in the recent past and at the same time changed its call letters to KTFD.  At this point the EPG name has NOT been changed and remains KTVJ is still listed on the Dish EPG. (Anon)
• Channels 266-269, 271 and 273-299 are now available to subscribers as an AT150 free preview.  These are 100% mirrors which means that very little bandwidth is being used to bring these channels.  However....Dishplayer owners....check your units in the morning to make sure the 30 some-odd "new" channels didn't blow up the EPG!

5/5/03

• WKFT (8757) is now available to Raleigh Locals subscribers again. (post on DBSForums.com).  To recap the story on this station, it was available at 61.5° starting on 1/1/02, but sometime in the spring of 2002 the station's transmission tower got in the way of a small plane.  The pilot was killed and the tower was knocked over.  The station's temporary transmission facility did not provide a "good quality signal" to Dish Network's POP.  Recently the station got its signal to Dish and after a few weeks of testing dish turned it on for subscribers again.
  • UPDATE: Apparantly WKFT became available to subs last Wednesday (4/30)

5/4/03

• Daystar (9408) went from the 61.5 and 148 satellites to the 110 satellite transponder 15 last Wednesday (4/30) (Jeff F)

5/1/03

• AT 150 channels that will be on Free Preview are warming up in the bull pen on channels 266-269, 271 and 273-299.  Looks like they are 100% mirrors of existing channels so very little additional bandwidth is used.  It also looks like channel 264 will be in free preview right where it is and the monaural audio channels (923-949) will also be in free preview mode beginning as early as tonight. (ANON)

4/30/03

• Health TV is now available to all subscribers at 61.5° and 148° on channel 9405. (anon, Steve)
• Channel 971 changed its name from "Concert Classics" to "Classical Ambiance".  Interestingly enough that is the name of the mono music channel (931) which was removed on 4/17. (Steve)

4/29/03

• Paducah locals (9255-9262) are now technically available  to subscribers EXCEPT NBC.  Dish and the NBC affiliate are having retransmission consent issues.  Subscribers will be able to call to get their locals beginning tomorrow at about 6am local time. (anon)

4/26/03

• Channel 8652 (WCNC TV Charlotte) was incorrectly listed as being on channel 6.  The OTA channel assignment for WCNC is channel 36. Channel 6 is its cable assignment.  Corrected the listing. (Anon)

4/24/03

• It had been reported that transponder 3 and 23 at 110° which was previously reported as being active on E*8, is in actually coming from E*6.  Changed the chart to reflect this.  The information is derived from signal strengths in areas where E*6 provides a weak signal in comparison to E*8. (Wrate)
• Channels 103 and 500 changed names again.  This time to PPV Guide. (anon)

4/21/03

• Corrected an error in the hyperlink on channel 9711 (Safe TV).

4/17/03

• Some housekeeping...Added web links and corrected some transponder inaccuracies on Paducah locals. (9255-9262). (anon)
• Channel 931 is gone from the EPG (anon) though it may still be available on FTA receivers.  I've changed the listing to red and added a (1) footnote.
• WKFT TV from the Raleigh DMA (8757) appears to be uplinked again at 119° transponder 7 spot 14.  (anon) This independent station was on Dish previously.  However the station's transmission tower got in the way of a small aircraft.  The collision brought down the tower, killed the pilot and took the station off the air.  The station's temporary transmission facilities did not generate a "good enough" signal at Dish' Raleigh POP so the station was removed from the line-up.  It seems that after 10 months, this station may now be sending a "good quality" signal to Dish's POP again.

4/16/03

• Channel 9997 now houses WXSP-CA UPN 15 from Grand Rapids, MI.  This seems to be a signal test since the PQ is highly variable, but watchable. (anon).  This information was sent to me yesterday. UPDATE - signal quality over the last day has improved dramatically and is now ready for prime time.  The station is still not (and may never be) available to mere mortals.
• Paducah, KY et. al. TV Market has been uplinked to channels 9255-9262.  Though Dish and the local station are still working on it, the NBC affiliate has yet to come to a retransmission consent agreement with Dish. (ANON/anon)
• Channel 971 made its way back to the channel line-up.  Back to where it was. (ANON/anon).  I was informed that in reality the channel never left the satellite.  It was available FTA all week.  Why?  I don't know.
• Two name changes...Channels 103 and 500 changed names from "3 Minute PPV Guide" to "PPV Movie and Events Guide" and channels 139 and 450 changed names to "Dish Network Sports Stop".  This is strictly a PPV sports and events guide. (anon)

4/14/03

• Channel 589 (Soccer/Cricket PPV) removed from grid.  It was removed from the line-up over 6 weeks ago.  Thanks to Steve for bringing my attention to this.
• Put channel 589 back on the grid with a (1).  According to an anon source, the channels are there and showing a "technical difficulties" slate.

4/10/03

• Zee Gold (617) has changed its name to Zee Cinema.  The EPG finally changed from ZGOLD to ZCINE to reflect that. (Steve)
• Sioux Falls locals are still not showing as available on Dish's Address Broker.  Their launch may have been delayed again.
  • UPDATE: Sioux Falls local ABC, CBS, Fox and PBS from Sioux Falls now available along with PBS from technically from Merriman, NE.  In reality this is a remap of the Omaha PBS.  Both are repeaters of KUON Lincoln. (ANON/anon)
• Audio Only Channel 971 (Concert Classics) has been removed from the line-up. (ANON)

4/9/03

• The remaining local channels in the 700/800 block have been removed from the EPG.  These are the following channels:703, 708 712 716 717 719 720 720 721 722 723 728 737 741 742 744 745 746 747 748 753 758 762 766 767 769 770 771 772 773 778 783 787 791 792 794 795 796 797 798 815 819 820 826 828 832 833 854 858 862 866 871 874 875 876 878 881 882 883 885 888 889 890 892 895 896 and 897. (ANON, anon)
• Sioux Falls, SD Local ABC, CBS, Fox and PBS locals will become available at 6am local time tomorrow (9230, 31, 33 and 36 respectively).  NBC local currently has a retranmission dispute with Dish.  The ABC repeater stations and additional PBS stations uplinked to 148 are not yet available to subscribers.
• Much Music USA will be changing its name to "Fuse" starting 5/19/03.  Added a note to the listing on channel 158.

4/4/03

• Channel 8600 (WPXS St Louis DMA) no longer has space reserved on transponder 27 at 61.5° (ANON, anon)
• KNTV (8222) NBC San Jose, no longer refers to itself as NBC 3.  Removed the reference (Wayne)
• The remaining locals in the 700 and 800 range have been removed.  The channels are now mirrors of a slate stating that the channels have moved and to look tat the EPG to find the channel. (ANON)
• Updated hyperlinks on Fox Sports New England, Ohio (both of them) and Chicago. (Michael)

4/3/03

• Channel 402 (NBA TV) appears to have finally gone off its extended free preview.  It is now only available to "America's Everything Pack" and the "Out of Market Sports Channels Pack".  Channel 560 which is also NBA TV is available only to NBA League Pass subscribers.

4/1/03

• Channel 223 changed names from Vision TV to Healthy Living Channel some time ago (no foolin') but just now was prodded by a vigilant contributor to change it.  Thanks Keith!

3/28/03

• KHRR TV 40 Tucson Telemundo affiliate and KWBU TV 34 Waco DMA PBS affiliate have both won must carry disputes with Dish Network.  As provided in the SHVIA the FCC has ordered E* to carry these channels within 75 days.  The complaint and ruling can be seen HERE. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader available free  HERE) (ANON). 
• Added notation to channels 8958 and 8995

3/26/03

• All the 700/800 channels from Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Greenville, Houston, Indianapolis, Raleigh, Sacramento, Tampa, Washington have been removed from the EPG.  The following channels deleted from the grid: 700,701, 702, 706, 709, 711, 713, 714, 715, 724, 725, 726, 727, 731, 733, 734, 736, 738, 740, 749, 750, 752, 756, 759, 761, 763, 764, 765, 774, 775, 776, 777, 781, 784, 786, 788, 789, 790, 799, 830, 839, 840, 842, 843, 844, 846, 848, 849, 851, 853, 855, 857, 859, 861, 863, 865, 872, 879, 886 and 893. (a pair of anons)
• Channel 465, Sports PPV channel moved to channel 449 and has been renamed Sports Alternate 5 (ANON)
• Channels 147 and 148 (ESPN Alternates 3 and 4) have moved back to where they originally came from last week (459 and 461) and have been renamed back to their original names (Sports PPV). (ANON)
• Channel 192 (Discovery Times) had it's EPG name changed from DCIVL (Discovery Civilization) to DTIME to reflect the rebranding of the channel by Discovery Networks. (anon)

3/25/03

• Discovery Civilization (192) has changed its name to Discovery Times as of 8pm today.  The EPG name has not changed yet.

3/23/03

• Added web link for KTTW and KRNE in the Sioux Falls DMA. (9230 block) (Wade)

3/21/03

• Added web link to NTV America (594) anon
• WHSL (8601) channel 46 East  St. Louis, IL has been slowly transforming itself from a home shopping network affiliate to a UPN affiliate.  On 1/17/03 they changed their call letters to WRBU.  And at the beginning of the month (4/1/03) they become a full time UPN affiliate and their HSN affiliation expires.  Changed call letters on the listing and added web link to new web site. Changed affiliation on listing to UPN (a little early, but they do carry 2 hours of UPN prog a day now).
• Channels 459 and 461 have moved and been renamed.  The sports PPV channels are now residing on channels 147 and 148 and have the EPG names of ESPA3 and ESPA4. (ANON)  These channels  have NCAA tournament B-Mall games listed on the EPG
• Sioux Falls, SD locals have popped up on 110° and 148 on channels 9230-9241.  9 Channels in total have a spot reserved including 3 ABC affiliates.  (ANON)  Speculation follows:  It seems that the two "repeaters" for the main ABC affiliate sell local commercials to their respective markets and may have local news and weather.  The station most likely insisted that the two "affiliates" be uplinked in order to consent to have its signal carried by Dish.
• And additional Sioux Falls channel is now listed though chances of its carriage are slim to none.  9238 KRNE Merriman, NE.
• Channel 9405 which used to house CCN (ceased operations 3/15) is no longer on the EPG.  Removed listing.  (Don't expect a new PI channel until December 2003).  (Restored 9405 to the grid 3/22 since it was reported that the channel is still uplinked, though it is not visible to mere mortals.)

3/19/03

• Huntsville Locals (CBS, NBC and PBS only) are available to subscribers now according to Dish's web site. (ANON)
• WAVE (9097) NBC Louisville is now available to Louisville locals subscribers (Anon)
• The remaining channels in the 700/800 block now have the EPGs saying  they will be moving to the 8000 block.  The following cities are affected:  San Antonio, Pittsburgh, Chicago, San Fran., Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, Portland, Nashville, Kasas City and Orlando (ANON)
•  Channel 831 has completely disappeared from the EPG. (ANON)

3/18/03

• Huntsville CBS, NBC and PBS locals (9196, 9197 and 9199 respectively) are most probably to become available to subscribers 3/20/03 at 6am.  ABC and Fox affiliates will most probably not be available at first presumably due to retransmission consent issues with Grant Broadcasting System (fox) and GOCOM (ABC).  (anon)
• Channel 8880 (ABC Tyler) is  now available to subscribers. (anon) (JWT at DBSTalk.com)

3/17/03

• CCN (9405) ceased operations as of 3/15/03 due to "current and anticipated budget cuts for CCCSAT's funding.".  The channel now currently shows a slate "Public Interest Programming Coming Soon" (Joe C.)

3/13/03

• Added hyperlink to GOL TV (632) (ANON)
• All the 700/800 channels from Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Greenville, Houston, Indianapolis, Raleigh, Sacramento, Tampa, Washington been replaced by a slate informing subscribers that the channels have "moved" to the 8000 range. (anon)  Changed the color to red on these channels.  When the slate is removed next week, the listings will be removed.  this will make the chart about 70 k smaller.

3/12/03

• Burlington locals moved to 110°transponders 6 (8923-8938)and 4 (8941-8943) from 119° today (reported by E-mail last week). Confirmed at 3:45am (ANON). 
• Several channels moved today 121 moved from Tp 25 to Tp 1, 185 moved from Tp 23 to Tp 11, 167 moved from Tp 23 to Tp 12, 193 moved from Tp 13 to Tp 18, 195 moved from Tp 22 to Tp 18, 111 moved from Tp 25 to Tp 20, 119 moved from Tp 25 to Tp 20 (ANON)
• Miami local networks 8830-8833 finally moved off of 110° Conus trasponder 14 to 119° spot beam 15 transponder 3 along with the other Miami stations. (ANON)
• The 4 West Palm Beach locals that were on transponder 3 spot 15 on 119 have moved to transponder 1 on 119 spot 15. (8860-8867) (ANON)

3/10/03

• Channel 9717 is now considered a part of the Sky Angel Package.  It had previously been considered a "free bonus channel".  Removed the footnotes and markings labeling Familyland as such. (Anon)
• Updated hyperlinks for Kansas City KMBC-TV, KCWE-TV, KMCI-TV and Indianapolis WRTV-TV, WXIN-TV, WTTV-TV, WHMB-TV local channels. (MK)

3/6/03

• Fox Sports alternates 1-4 have moved from channels 446-449 down one number.  Fox sports Alternate 1 moved from 446 to 445. Alt 2 went from 447 to 446.  448 moved to 447 and 449 moved to 448. (anon/ANON)
• Tyler and Ft. Myers locals now available as described in the 3/5 changes.

3/5/03

• Ft. Myers local ABC, NBC, WB, PBS and CTN stations (9215-9222) are now technically available to subscribers. Apparently there is a retransmission consent issue with the CBS and Fox stations.  CSRs will not be able to add these channels to subscribers until 6am EST 3/6. (anon)
• Tyler, Texas NBC and Fox locals (8882 and 8884) are now technically available to subscribers.  Apparently there is a retransmission consent issue with the ABC affiliate (8880)   CSRs will not be able to add these channels until 6am EST 3/6 (anon)
• Updated hyperlinks on KTRK, KPRC, KHWB, and KNWS Houston (MK)
• Channel 445 came on today.  No info on it right now.

3/2/03

• Removed DSTOP channels (147 & 410) since they no longer exist. (anon)

2/27/03

• Denver (718, 743, 768, 793, 816 and 829), Philadelphia (870, 877, 884 and 891) and San Diego(852, 856, 860 and 864) locals "moved" from the 700/800 block to the 8000 block (ANON) Removed these channels from the grid.
• Added Ft. Myers local channels (9215-9222).  These are now being uplinked to transponder 10 spot 12 on 110° (anon/ANON)
• Huntsville Alabama (9195-9199) locals now uplinked.  Changed the notes from (8) to (1) (anon/ANON)
• Added an HDTV Info channel to the grid on 9421 from 148° tp 31 (El Jefe)
• Added HDTV Event channel 9425 and an HD Info channel to 9421 to both 148 and 61.5.  (Numerous contributors, thank you)
• Added a note that the channels are being "moved" to the 8000 block on locals in the 700/800 block channels from the following cities: Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Greenville, Houston, Indianapolis, Raleigh, Sacramento, Tampa, Wahsington

2/24/03

• Added WLJC TV 65 (9212)  from the Lexington DMA to the grid. It is listed in the "hidden" Dishplayer guide
• Channel 917 has moved from transponder 2 to 14 at 61.5° (ANON)

2/20/03

• Updated hyperlinks on some of the Denver TV stations (8200, 8201, 8204/9069/235, 8205 and 8210) (MK)
• Monterey and Lexington locals are now available to subscribers.
• Channel 402 seems to be available to just about everyone.  I have reports that AT50 subscribers are receiving the channel.  Changed the listing to reflect this.

2/19/03

• Channels 718, 743, 768, 793, 816, 829, 852, 856, 860, 864, 870, 877, 884 and 891 now have an info card originating from 110° tp 17 stating the channels are "moving" to the 8000 channel block.  These channels are the Denver ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, UPN and WB; San Diego ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox; and Philadelphia ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox stations respectively. (ANON, anon, posts on DBSTalk.com)
• From THIS press release: KKTV (9066) Colorado Springs, WOWT (9142) Omaha, KVOA (8953) Tucson, KOAA (9067) Colorado Springs are now available to local channel subscribers.  The press release says tomorrow, but they are available now according to posts at DBSTalk.com and DBSForums.com.
• According to the same press release Lexington Locals (9205-9211) will be available tomorrow.  Technically they are available now, but CSRs will not begin activating the channels until 6am EST or so tomorrow (Thurs 2/20).
• WNGS (9130) Buffalo area independent now listed in Dishplayer's "hidden" guide.  Changed footnote from "9" to *8".
• Monterey locals are reported to be technically available to subscribers now.  This is unconfirmed information, though just as in Lexington, the channels will not be available until at least 6am (maybe later) 2/20. (anon).
• Channels 9977 and 9978 disappeared from the bit stream today.  These were PSK high def test channels at 61.5° (ANON)
• GolTV now available on channel 632 to Dish Latino subscribers.
• Channel 402 seems to be available to AT150 subscribers.  It was originally listed as available only to Sports Pack and AEP subscribers only, however several posters at the usenet newsgroup  news://alt.dbs.echostar have reported that they receive the channel with AT150 subscriptions.  Thank you!

2/17/03

• It has been widely reported that E*6 has replace E*5 at 110°.  This reportedly happened last week on Thursday.  Changed all E*5 listings to E*6.  I am still unsure about the accuracy, but considering the amount of e-mail I received on this topic, I decided to changed the list to reflect the opinion of many valued E-mail contributors.  Thank you.
• Channel 539 became active on Saturday 2/15 as advertised.  It is a Spanish Language PPV movie channel.  All the movies on this channel are produced in Spanish and are not dubs.
• Added channels 9975-9978 to the grid.  These are PSK (High Definition) test channels.  9975 & 76 at 148° tp 10 and 9977 & 78 at 61.5° tp 4. (ANON)
• Channels 8157 and 8167 no longer have space "reserved" for them at 129°.(ANON)  Changed the footnote from 14 to 9 for the lack of a better category.

2/13/03

• Added channel 539, PPV Películas en Español (Movies in Spanish) to the grid.  This channel is to be available 2/15 according the the EPG info. (anon)

2/12/03

• Lexington locals are now uplinked to channels 9205 (110° spot 8 [Ohio] tp 10), 9206-9208 (110° tp 19 ConUS) and 9211 (61.5° tp 2) (ANON, anon).  These are the ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and PBS affiliates respectively.
• Gran Canal Latino has been removed from channel 632. (ANON)
• GolTV is now listed in the EPG stream (not visible to mere mortals) on channel 632 (ANON) and will be launched a week from today.

2/9/03

• Huntsville/Decatur, Alabama locals showed up on the Dishplayer's "hidden" guide on channels 9195-9200.  The 5 major networks and an independent from Florence are listed.  The UPN Florence station is not.  Added channels to grid
• Las Vegas Telemundo affiliate KBLR now appears on the Dishplayer "hidden" guide on channel 9038.  Added channel to grid.
• Harrisburg are religious channel WGCB no longer listed in the Dishplayer "hidden" guide on channel 9022.  Changed note from 1 to 14
• Channel 9977 and 9978 on transponder 4 at 61.5° are reported (rumored) to be carrying USA Network and TNN respectively in 8PSK (HDTV) mode.  The channels uplinked ARE NOT HDTV, but it is theorized that the two uncompressed channels are being used to gage a rumored (unidentified) new HD channel. (ANON)

2/8/03

• Added a web link to WMBC (8115) (PB)
• Gran Canal Latino (a commercial free spanish language movie channel) is being removed from the Dish Latino package in favor of Gol TV (another #$%%$## sports channel) on 2/12/03.  Gol TV will be replacing GCL on the same channel, transponder and satellite a week later on 2/20/03.  Added notes to the chart to reflect the change.

2/6/03

• Monterey California Locals are now being uplinked to 110° transponder 8 spot beam 2 on channels 9187-9190.  These are the CBS, NBC, Fox/UPN and PBS affiliates.  (anon)  The Univision affiliate does not appear to be uplinked at this time.  These stations are scheduled to become available to subscribers 2/20/03 (Retailer Chat)
• Chico/Redding (9080-9086) locals are now available to subscribers
• KUPX Pax, Salt Lake City (8545) now available to SLC Locals subscribers at 119° transponder 9 spot beam 7. (anon)
• Philadelphia, San Diego and Denver locals "moving" from the 700/800 channel blocks to the 8000 block 2/19/03 according to the EPG. (ANON, Darkman)

2/2/03

• Added web link for WWSI (8159) Philadelphia (Brett)

1/30/03

• Cedar Rapids locals (CBS, NBC, Fox WB and PBS) now available to local subscribers on channels 9156-9159 and 9161.
• KETH PBS San Jose (8234) which was removed from Dish's line-up due to poor signal strength back in September is now being uplinked again.  The station is being uplinked without at SID, FTA and is not available on ANY dish receiver at this time. (ANON)
• KWSU PBS in 9177 now has a test card being uplinked with no SID on transponder 29 at 148°.  Not available on ANY Dish Network receiver. (ANON)
• Fresno locals on channels 8965-8971  has moved from transponders 5 and 7 spot 4 to transponder 10 spot 2.  (anon)
• Tyler Texas locals now uplinked in the 8880 block on transponder 10 at 110°. (anon)

1/29/03

• An anonymous report states that there is a likelyhood that KWKB Cedar Rapids (9159) will become available with the rest of the Cedar Rapids locals (except ABC) on 1/30/03.
• WENH PBS Durham, NH added to channel 8781 for the Boston DMA subscribers and WYDN Daystar Worcester (that's "Woosteh" to the locals), Mass removed in favor of the national channel (John S).
• Channels 707, 732, 757 and 782 are no longer on Tp 17.  This was a message letting folks know that the Miami big for nets "moved" to the 8000 block. (ANON)
• ActionMax and 5 Star Max are now available to subscribers.  Remo Williams a 5 Star movie?  Hmmmm.... :-) (anon)
• Chico/Redding California locals now uplinked and testing for next week's launch on channels 9080-9083 and 9086. (anon)
• Daystar local affiliates in Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Boston, Seattle and Denver no longer available.  Channel 9408, the national channel, has been used in their place. (Jeff F, anon, John S)
• Telemundo West on channel 626 is now available to Dish Latino subscribers

1/27/03

• Added Sí TV to the Dish Line-up.  This channel is due to launch Summer of 2003 and will be available on AT150 according to THIS press release.  This channel will also most likely be available in the Dish Latino Max package.  This channel is not yet available to ANYONE.  It is still in development.  The channel is now listed on this chart on channel 274, but this is not "official" information.
• Channel 8622 KWDK which is a Daystar affiliate now has the following information on the EPG "Moving to channel 9408 January 29."  Channel 9408 is the national Daystar channel. (Jeff F)
• Denver Daystar channel 8207 displays the same message (n0qcu)
• Local Daystar Channels 8333, 8383, 8413, 8783 from Dallas, Houston and Boston also show the same message (Darkman)  That takes care of all the Daystar Affiliates currently on Dish.

1/25/03

• Dallas ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox affiliate will no longer be availabe as "Distant Locals" beginning late spring/early summer.  This is according to a post from a relyable member in DBSTalk.com.  The post continues that Tyler, TX and Shreveport, LA will be added before this happens.  Added a note to the channels affected (8400-8403)
• Channels 457 and 471 (Sports PPV) are currently having a freeview of previous Cricket FA Cup Finals to get you in the mood to buy the FA Cup Finals package this year!  The freeview is good through 2/8/2003 (Mark H)

1/23/03

• Added info channel 9999.  It is not available to subscribers, but it is a mirror of channel 101. (ANON).  Channels 265, 271 and 299 were also added to the grid.  These are all mirrors of channel 101 available on FTA receivers but not Dish Network receivers.
• Added RDRCT channel 9950.  This is a slate that is aparantly only active for people who do NOT have a Dish pointed at 61.5°, 148° or 129° and have local channels available there.  The slate reads "You must have a second dish to view this channel.  DISH Network will provide the dish free of any charge. Call 1-800-333-DISH" (ANON) This channel is remapped to local channels affected.  It never appears on a customer's EPG on channel 9950.
• Changed the names of channels 494 and 496 from "Erotic Television Clips" and "Extasy" to their new names "TEN Clips" and "TENxtsy" respectively (ANON)
• KNWS (8377) is now available to Houston Locals Subscribers
• Telemundo West added to the line-up.  It is now uplinked to channel 626 at 110° transponder 12 but not yet available to subscribers.  Rumor is it will be available next week. (ANON, anon.)
• Channel 9480 seems to have gone AWOL!  Removed DD Demo channel from grid. (ANON)

1/22/03

• Channel 227 and 9603 both mirrors of ACN have moved from 119° to transponder 26 on 110° (Jeff F).  (UPDATE...channel 9603 disappeard from the EPG.  Channel 9601 is now mirroring channel 227.  Removed channel 9603 from grid.
• Channels 592 and 593 wich used to be NTV and NTV+ finally had their EPGs changed.  These are now known as RTVI and RTVI+ (Russian TV).  NTV went belly up and RTV took them over. (Jeff F, anon)
• Cedar Rapids locals (9155-9161) are now uplinked to transponder 2 spot beam 7 on 110°
• Miami locals removed from the 700 block.  A slate stating that the channels have "moved" to the 8000 block now resides on channels 707, 732, 757 and 782. (ANON, anon)
• Added EPG names for ActionMax and 5 Star Max (313 and 314) (anon)

1/21/03

• KNWS TV 51 Houston will be added to the Houston local package at 119° on channel 8377 1/23/03 (anon, Frank, Joe, Anon-x-2)

1/18/03

• TV Japan is now uplinked on E*7 at 119 spot beam 1 (Hawaii) transponder 9 on channel 641 (ANON)

1/17/03

• ActionMax and 5 StarMax are now being uplinked to transponder 11 at 110° (ANON)
• Channel 615 (RTPi) is now available at 148° transponder 19. (Jeff F)
• EPG name changed on grid from the incorrect TV-5 to the correct TV5 label on channel 606 (Jeff F)
• EPG name changed on grid from the incorrect ZEE to the correct ZEETV label on channel 611 (Jeff F)
• Hyperlink changed on Emirates Dubai TV (649) from the now defunct English web site edtv.com to the Arabic web site (Jeff F) http://www.dubaitv.gov.ae/edtv (Jeff F)

1/16/03

• Omaha locals ABC, CBS, PBS (Council Bliffs) and PBS (Omaha @ 148° (Channels 9140, 9141, 9146 and 9147) now available to Omaha DMA subscribers.
• WTBS, Atlanta local channel 17, is now available to atlanta subscribers at 61.5°.  Any subscribers in Atlanta that want a free dish installed for free just need to subscribe to the Atlanta locals package and request the free dish.  No strings attached.  800-333-3474.  WATC which was listed on that channel space is no longer listed in the grid. (Tom)
• Removed footnote 12 by request since it was made redundant by updating all Open TV compatible receiver with the capability to get channel 100.  Footnote on channel 100 changed from 12 to 11

1/15/03

• Two new channels popped up today.  Both seem to be the same and are not available to subscribers.  They are called DSTOP and are on channels 147 and 410. (anon).
• Cedar Rapids locals popped up on the Dishplayer "hidden" guide.  They are now listed on the grid on channels 9155-9161 (JH)
• Channel 982 (Holiday Music) has gone away for another year. (anon)  Expect it to return the second week of November.
• KNWS Houston which was uplinked to 148 has been moved to 119° spot beam.  However this channel is still not listed as available on the Houston package. (anon)

1/13/03

• Added channel numbers to the new Cinemax channels being added.  313 and 314 according to the Charlie Chat 1/13
• Omaha locals coming (sort of).  No NBC WB or Fox as of now.  Other Omaha locals to be added 1/16/03

1/11/03

• It has been reported that transponder 5, 17 and 25 at 110° now appear to be emanating from E*8 instead of E*5.  (DDRio)  This is based on signal readings at the edge of E*5's coverage area.  The chart was changed accordingly.
• Miami "big 4" Networks "moving" from the 700 block to the 8000 block 1/22/03 according to notes on the EPG (anon)  This is undoubtedly the first step in clearing the duplicate channels fromt he 700/800 blocks.  Added a note to the affected channels.

1/9/03

• Business TV channels 9601 and 9602 moved to "new" channel spaces 9603 and 9604.  (Jeff F) Channels 9601 and 9602 really the "new" channels.  Both are business TV channels at 110° on transponder 26.  9603 and 9604 are still mirrored on channels 225 and 227 when available to regular subscribers.
• Added 5 Star Max and Action Max to the lineup right after channel 312. This story claims these channels will be added 2/1/03.

1/8/03

• Discovery Kids (179) and Discovery Civilization (192) moved from transponder 26 to transponder 17 at 110° (anon)
• The channel 402 free preview of NBA-TV presently on channel 560 has been moved up 2 days and starts Monday 1/13 and ends 2/10.  After that point the channel will only be available to America's Everything, Multi-Sport and NBA League Pass subscribers. (Rob).  Channel 560 is currently available to all subscribers so the preview has already begun.
• Looks like Non-Stop Hip-Hop has stopped for good!  Channel 962 which used to be NSHH and went off the air for a while is now NUJazz.  This channel plays up-beat new jazz tracks.

1/6/03

• Channel 8969 KFRE was incorrectly labeled as KFRE WB 56 instead of WB 59. (Jon)

1/3/03

• Thanks to all who sent in the correction on channel 560 NBA-TV.  This channel is in free preview through 2/10/03.  It will be part of America's Everything Pack and the Multi-Sports Packages after that.  A free preview of the channel will be mirrored on channel 402 from 1/15-2/10/03.
• Channel 8082 has been incorrectly listed as origination from Fort Royal, VA.  It should have read FRONT Royal, Va. (Bob G)

1/2/03

• CNBC World added to channel 207 on the AT150 line-up at 110° transponder 20.
• NBA TV available to AT150 on channel 560 from 110° transponder 7
• Channel 496 (Extasy) EPG name changed from XTSY to TXTSY.  (anon)
• Channel 494 (Erotic TV Clips) EPG name changed from ECLIP to TCLIP (anon)
• Kansas City, Tulsa and Oklahoma City locals were posted as being uplinked to E*7 spot beam 8 at 119° (anon)  This was a clerical error on the editor's part.  All these channels have been on spot 9.  Spot 8 is pointed at Mexico City and is inactive at this time.  Apologies for the misinformation.

New Years Day 2003 (HAPPY NEW YEAR!)

• WNGS TV 67 which was the UPN affiliate for Buffalo and WNLO TV 23 (Dish channel 9132) Which was an independent station in Buffalo, NY have switched affiliations.  WNLO is now UPN and WNGS is now independent as of today.  WNGS has never been uplinked to any E* satellite and is only listed at Dish channel 9130 because of a newspaper article that mentioned the station would be picked up by Dish when the locals became available via Dish in Buffalo.

12/29/02

• Added channel 9662 (DATA2) to the list.  It is reported at 61.5° transponder 15 FTA. (anon)
• By request, color coded satellite and satellite location information.  Constructive comments always welcome.  Use the E-mail address listed above.

12/22/02

• Changed the web link on channel 9405 (CCN) from www.CCCSAT.org tohttp://www.ccnonline.org(Mike K)
• Changed the hidden Channel 259 from 19 to 31 @110°

12/20/02

• The new FCC Mandated Public Interest Channels are here!!! :-)   Daystar is now on channel 9408 at 61.5 and 148. (anon)  It is identical to channel 9713 on Sky Angel but it is not a mirror. This channel is actually uplinked to 61.5° twice.   Channel 9713 looks much sharper than 9408.
• Channel 9414 is now FamilyNet from 61.5 and 148. (anon)  This channel was on Sky Angel 9716 but was replaced by an FN off air affiliate over a year ago.
• Edicating Everyone is still on channel 9413 but it has moved back to 61.5° and 148 (anon) were it started two years ago.
• Z-73 (KDAZ AM 730 Albuquerque) is now available as part of the Sky Angel package on channel 9773.  This channel has replaced WAYRadio (WAYR) that was on channel 9766.
• Channel 9410 (World Link) moved from transponder 18 at 119° to transponder 7 at 110° (JH, Jeff  F)

12/19/02

• Louisville locals channels except WAVE 3 are now available to local subscribers (anon, JH, Posts on DBSTalk.com)

12/18/02

• Added "coming Dec 19, 2002" to Louisville locals channels 9095-9101.  WAVE TV 3 (NBC) and Dish have yet to reach an agreement.
• Changed a note on channel 8360 (WCVN Covington).  It was listed as KET1 in lieu of WCVN (which is a full-time) repeater of KET1 on its analogue channel.  It has been reported that WCVN is indeed the source of Dish's feed to the Cincinnati market. (Bill R)

12/14/02

• Channel 184 moved from transponder 13 to 2 at 119° (JH)
• Channel 220 moved from transponder 16 to 6 at 119° (JH)

12/13/02

• Channel 9173 Fox Spokane is now available to local DMA subscribers.
• Chicago "big 4" nets changed transponders last Wednesday from tp3 to tp 19 at 110° (anon and post at DBSTalk.com)
• The Muzak audio only channel Non-Stop Hip Hop has apparantly stopped on Dish. Channel 962 is no longer available to subscribers
• Spokane's Fox affiliate became available today to locals subscribers.

I wish to apologize to the Spokane NBC and Fox affiliate personnel.  The statement I made in the crawl when the stations had yet to reach an agreement proving how little they care for their viewers was not aimed at the rank and file.  It was aimed at those that would charge for redistribution of a signal to their own area's viewers.  My view of a TV station doing anything other than saying "take my signal and pass it on to my viewers, please!" is well known.  ANY station that wishes to charge a nickel to have their signal distributed to their viewers should have their license revoked for refusing to serve their area.  Unfortunately, that is not the way the broadcasters view it.  The fact that the redistributors charges for the signal is irrelevant.  Unless the station in question wishes to pay the full amount of backhaul, uplink and lost opportunity costs to the disturber.  This is a personal opinion.  Again I apologize if anyone other than the folks directly responsible for the negotiations took offense at my commentary.

What I said about station (owners and managers) not caring about their viewers still goes for all the station (owners and managers) still refusing to grant permission for retransmission due to monetary compensation to retransmit the signal to THEIR OWN marketing area!  If the hold-up is because the station wishes to blackmail the distributor into carrying another cable channel, that is even worse! (FOX O&O, Hearst, etc)

Tony

12/12/02

• Channel 9172 NBC Spokane became available today along with the other 4 locals listed below.  The NBC affiliate and Dish came to an agreement late 12/11/02 (anon & Post on DBSTalk.com)
• The AT150 free preview is over.  Channels 265-268 and 273-297 have been removed from the grid

12/11/02 (Thanks to Jeff F., Jeremy and a few anon contributors for the following info today...well actually most of it came in yesterday, but I was too busy to get to it :-))

• PPV channels 526-532 added to the line-up at 110° tp 3
• Channels 536 and 537 moved to channels 471 and 472.
• Channel 538  "Event" moved to channel 470.  A "new" channel 538 created at 110° as another PPV channel.
• Channel 512 PPV has moved from 119° to 110° transponder 26
• Channel 493 (Hot Zone) moved from 119 to 110° transponder 18
• KYNE PBS 26 Omaha, NE assed to grid.  This channel is now uplinked to 148° transponder 29.
• ABC, CBS, PBS and WB Spokane channels are now available to local subscribers.
• CNBC World is now being uplinked to channel 207. However the channel is not yet available to subscribers.

12/9/02

• Dish will be launching Spokane Washington (9170-9176) on 12/12/02 without NBC or Fox since those stations have refused to grant retransmission consent.

12/6/02

• Channel 9701 was switched from Air One radio network to K-Love, a California based radio network, on 12/4/02. (AOL Anon)

12/2/02

• KVCR (8014) is back on the air and available to LA area subscribers again.  See THIS press release for details  (Boyd)

11/25/02

• Louisville Locals (9095-9101) now uplinked to spot beam 9 transponder 4 on E*8 at 110° (anon)
• Omaha locals (9140-9146) now uplinked to spot beam 7 transponder 10 on E*8 at 110° (anon)
• Spokane, WA/Coeur D'Alene, ID locals (9170-9176) Now uplinked to spot beam 1 transponder 6 on E*8 at 110°.  Channel 9177 now uplinked to transponder 29 on E*1 at 148°
• The Guardian Network (9707) is now available to Sky Angel subscribers.  This channels is a satellite channel based on WSFJ TV Lancaster, Oh. Pax affiliate.
• Channels 266-297 added to grid as the AT150 freeview channels.

11/22/02

• After a whole day at 110°,  Burlington VT locals (8935-8943) have moved back to where they were on transponders 1 and 3 at 119° (JH, Sojourner)
• Fresno locals also bounced back to where they were before they were moved yesteday.

11/21/02

• Des Moines CBS, NBC, Fox and PBS channels (9111-9113 & 9116) now available to Des Moines DMA subscribers.  ABC and WB affilliates (9110 and 9114) are not available due to retransmission consent issues  (Jeff C.)
• Buffalo ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB, PBS and an independent station to be UPN on Jan 1 (9125-9129, 9131 & 9132) now available to Buffalo DMA customers.
• Colorado Springs ABC, Fox and PBS locals (9065, 9068 and 9071) along with KWGN WB2 Denver now available to Colorado Springs DMA subscribers. CBS and NBC not available due to retransmission consent issues.
• Channel 9707 (Guardian Network) on Sky Angel is now uplinked to the satellite at 61.5°.  It's still not available to customers. (anon)

11/20/02

• Washington DC locals moved to Transponder 4 spot 13 at 110°(Joel)
• San Antonio locals 8470-8476 were incorrectly listed as coming from spot beam 30 (old map).  Listing changed to spot beam 6 (Greg)
• Des Moines and Buffalo locals did not become available at 5pm this evening as is the usual custom.  So I guess they will come tomorrow as announced by E*. (Jeff C.)         Sorry jumping the line by one day. :-)...Yes Paul, you were right all along. :-)
• Burlington, VT local channels 8941-8943 moved from transponders 1, 3 and 3 respectively on E*7 at 119° spot beam 13 to transponder 4 spot beam 13 on E*8 at 110° (JH)
• Burlington VT local channels 8935-8938 moved from transponder 1 spot beam 13 on E*7 at 119° to transponder 6 spot beam 13 on E*8 at 110° (JH)
• Channels 149, 177 and 186 moved from transponder 9 to 12 at 110°
• Channels 175 and 623 moved from transponder 15 to 17 at 110°
• Channels 351 and 354 moved from transponder 1 to 18 at 110°
• Channels 341 and 343 moved from transponder 1 to 20 at 110°
• Fresno locals (8965-8971) moved from spot beam 4 at 119° to a spot beam 4 transponder 10 at 110° (Darkman on DBSTalk.com).

11/17/02

• Colorado Springs locals are rumored to be launched to subscribers Nov. 22.  The source of the info is an e-mail from Dish Netwrok (FrankZ from DBSTalk.com

11/16/02

• Channel 9996 came to life showing a Dish Logo and playing music at 61.5 and 148.  This channel is not available to subscribers.  It's EPG name is ECC.

11/15/02

• KVCR (8014) in the LA DMA is off the air.  Dish is showing color bars and an Off the Air slate.  See THIS press release for details. (Boyd, anon)
• Channel 9502 is now called OTST8 (Open TV Test channel 8) instead of Demo2. (anon)
• Anchorage Alaska locals were recently discovered on Satellite AMC 7 in digital format encrypted on the same MUX (JH).  In a  leap of logic, I decided to list the AK locals in the chart without channel numbers.  E*7 has a spot beam aimed at Alaska so look for the stations to pop up there.  Until they can be confirmed actually on E*7, I have left the channel numbers and satellite info off the chart.  They are currently listed between channels 9071 and 9110.

11/14/02

• Channel 9707 (Guardian TV) which is due to launch this month now had an EPG listing, though the channel itself is not yet uplinked.  The EPG is on the old EnlaceTBN slot on transponder 32 at 61.5° (anon)
• Channels 9131 and 9132 now have picture and sound instead of a "technical difficultis" slide. (anon)
• Transponder 13 at 110° is widely reported are having been switched back to E*5 from E*8.  Signal strength and footprint comparison reports seem to support this conclusion.  Changed the chart to reflect this info.

11/13/02

• NBA TV now available to NBA League Pass subscribers on channel 560 (JH) So...the rumor was wrong in the other direction for a change! :-)
• The Holiday Music channel now available to ALL Dish Network subscribers on channel 982 (JH)
• Channel 223 is now a "shared" channel.  Vision TV (which is nothing but infomercials) now shares time with the Healthy Living Channel (which is also all infomercials). (Jeff F)
• Lots of channels moved transponders last night at 110°: From 31 to 11, 133, 307.   From 26 to 11, 323.  From 29 to 13, 457.  From 27 to 13, 458, 624.  From 26 to 13, 193.  From 25 to 13, 9415.  From 23 to 13, 620.  From 22 to 13, 401, 460.  From 13 to 15 175, 623, 9400-9407 and 9413. (JH, Jeff F)
• KGMC (8974) is now available as part of the Fresno Locals package
• Des Moines Locals added to the grid on channels 9110-9116.  Transponder 10 spot 7

11/12/02

• Detroit locals on channels 8030-8036 have been on spot beam 10 at 110° for some time.  Added the info to these channels.  An observant reader pointed out the oversight. (Joel B)
• Holiday Music is now being uplinked to channel 982 in stereo. (Jeremy)  The same audio but in mono and limited dynamic range is also on channel 949.  A different holiday music program is also running on channel 947. (anon)  Channel 982 is not yet available to mere mortals.  Rumor has it that it will become available tomorrow.  Channels 947 and 949 are available to subscribers of the Muzak commercial audio package ($39.95 a month to Businesses only).
• Channel 560, NBA TV is rumored to be coming to Dish in January 2003.  The channel is currently uplinked, but not available to subscribers yet. (anon)
• Announced on the Tech Chat today...Buffalo and Des Moines locals are coming to Dish on November 21st. (JH).  The channels will most likely be available at or shortly after 5pm Eastern Standard time 11/20.  Added info to Buffalo channels (9100 range).  Looking frantically for Des Moines listings somewhere in the sky.
• Also announced on the Tech Chat that Buffalo will also have the UPN affiliate.  Added info to channel 9130.  Will add satellite info if and when it becomes available.  The reason for the (9) is because it is unclear if UPN67 was specifically mentioned or just UPN.  The UPN affiliation is scheduled to change 1/1/03 for a channel already uplinked on 110°.
• KGMC TV 43 (HSN - Clovis/Fresno, CA) Channel 8974 will be added to Dish's Fresno locals on 11/14/02

11/7/02

• Las Vegas locals (sans NBC) became available to subscribers today.(9030-9039)
• Channel 9504 changed EPG name from Demo4 to OTST7.  This is an Open TV test channel (anon)

11/6/02

• Jacksonville (9050-9057) Now available to subscribers. (AFH on DBSTalk.com)
• Looks like Buffalo locals will be coming to subscribers soon!  Buffalo/Niagara locals now uplinked to the low 9100 block (Darkman on DBSTalk).
• Holiday Music Channel now uplinked (982).  Not yet available to subscribers and no sound yet; just song title info comes up (anon)

11/4/02

• WGCB Red Lion (Harrisburg DMA) changed from (14) to (8) (Jeremy)
• Channel 8360 listed as WCVN is now actually a direct feed of Kentucky Educational TV 1 (KET 1) from Lexington.  The listing changed to reflect this.  WCVN Covington is a repeater of KET but generally goes off the air at midnight.  KET has a 24 hour feed with Annenberg telecourse programs overnight.

11/2/02

• KGPE CBS Fresno channel 8966 is now available in the LIL package (Jim D)

11/1/02

• Channel 946 Muzak has changed from "Broadway and Hollywood" showtunes to "Roadhouse" which describes itself as "a lively mix of country, adult rock, blues and classic rock."

Holloween 2002

• Jacksonville local channels (9050-9057) announced to be launched on 11/6 according to dealer news.  Added that info to the listings.
• Las Vegas local channels (9030-9039) announced to be coming on 11/7.  Added info to listings
• Channel 548 (NHL CI) moved to transponder 7 and channel 549 moved to transponder 5.  NHL fans will like the move.  NBA fans probably wont. :-) (JH)

10/30/02

• A post on DBSForums.com reports that the Harrisburg CBS and UPN stations (9016 and 9020) are now available on the LIL package.

10/29/02

• Channels 9595 and 9598 Data 5 and 8 respectively are no longer uplined.  They have been removed from the grid (anon)
• Two new locals are now being uplinked.  KUPX TV 16 Pax Provo/Salt Lake City is uplinked to spot 7 tp 9 (Utah "spot") at 119° channel 8545 and KGMC TV 43 HSN Clovis/Fresno is uplinked to tp 25 at 148° channel 8974 (anon)
• Changed all the question marks in the Spot Beam transponders to correspond with Bryan's maps HERE.  Cities changed from ##s? include Nashville, Minneapolis, Cincinnati (the one with the missing UPN channel), Pittsburgh and Cleveland.  Also the spot numbers on Tampa and Orlando changed to correspond with the maps.
• Added a FAQ on the bottom of the chart "What does the "S" mean?" 

10/28/02

• NBA League Pass Channels now visible to all subscribers's EPGs on channels 561-571.  Changed them from red to normal listings and removed the (1)
• Channel 560 now available via FTA receiver showing Dish Logo and playing Muzak.  Changed (8) to (1)

10/27/02

• Though channel 560 has not yet been reported uplinked again as 561-571 have, channel 560 has been reported as being listed on the TiVo units as NBA TV.  Added the channel to the grid as a (8).
• Added web links to the NHL and NBA channels (540-571)

10/26/02

• NBA League Pass channels (561-571) moved around on transponders 5 and 7 (JH, anon)
• Las Vegas locals added to grid on channels 9030-9039.  These channels are not available to subscribers yet and in some instances the channels have test patterns or other TV stations for testing purposes.  Transponder 2 (anon) 110° spot 4(?)
• Jacksonville locals added to grid on channels 9050-9057 transponders 2 and 6 (anon) spot 12 on 110°
• Removed Channel 560.  This was one of the NBA channels first sighted early last week.  It disappeard within the day along with the rest of the 560 block.  When the 560 block reappeared, channel 560 did not come back.
• I've consolidated several columns on the chart to save more than 100kb in file size for those of us with dial-up, this makes a pretty big difference.  Please let me know what you think.  I have the old format saved.  If you prefer that format please let me know.  If I get enough negative feedback I'll go back to the old way.

10/23/02

• NBA LP channels 561-571 confirmed uplinked at 110°.  Channels still not available to mere mortals.  They have ordering info on them.
• Enlace TBN the spanish language channel on Sky Angel (9720) has vanished from the Sky Angel line-up as expected.  The channel is still uplinked for now, but it will be removed in favor of the channel listed on 9707 by the end of November.
• Added what will probably be the NBA-League Pass link to the programming info section of the chart.

10/22/02

• NBA League Pass channels added to grid on channels 560-571. (JH) UPDATE: These channels appeared then disappeared from the guide within a half day. (JH)  The actual announcement over this package has not been made so a (9) "Rumor" tag has been place there.  If these channels do not appear by the beginning of the B-Ball season, chances are they will not this year. (TNGTony) Update on the update...Channel listings for 561-571 have reappeared 10/23.
• Pittsburgh locals 708/8130, 733/8131, 758/8132 and 783/8133 have moved to Spotbeams on transponder 2.  Channels 8134-8136 have moved to spotbeams on transponder 8 (JH)
• Cleveland locals 876/8510,  883/8511,  890/8512,  897/8513,  8514,  820/8514 and  8516 have moved to spotbeams with Pittsburgh on transponder 2 (JH)
• Cincinnati Locals 709/8350,  734/8351, 759/8352,  784/8353,  8354 (NOT 8355 because dish refuses to carry this channel and is the ONLY multi-channel carrier in the market that does NOT carry this channel) and 8356 have moved to Spotbeams with the rest of Pittsburgh on transponder 8
• Detroit locals 723/8030, 748/8031, 773/8032, 798/8033,  8034, 8035 and 8036 have moved to spotbeams on transponder 10 (JH)
• Austin locals 8250-8254 and 8256 have moved to spotbeams presumably on transponder 8. (JH) UPDATE: Confirmed at tp 8 (Jim D)

10/18/02

• Albuquerque locals moved from ConUS transponder 15 to spot beam 26  (JH) Transponder 6 (Post on dbstalk.com)
• San Antonio moved from ConUS transponder 11 to spot beam 30  (JH) Transponder 2 (Mark H)
• Sacramento locals moved from ConUS transponder 7 to spot beam 4  (JH) Transponder 8 (Jim D)
• It is ASSUMED that KTEL (8819) moved from 148° tp 25 to 110° spot beam 26 along with the other Albuquerque locals.  (UPDATE:  Perhaps not!  The Dish Network web page no longer lists KTEL as a station available in the Albuquerque locals package.)
• Fox Sports World (En Español) has had a name change to Fox Sports en Español.  The EPG name changed from FSWES to FSESP. (Jeff F.)

10/17/02

• KTEL (8819) No longer appears to be coming from 148° tp 25.  Current location unknown. (JH)  A contribution about the location of this channel from an Albuquerque sub would be appreciated.
• Added channel 8823 to the grid in the Albuquerque locals block at 148° tp 25.  There is at least a placeholder there for the channel. (JH)  Station ID is assumed to be KRPV, Roswell.
• Added channel 8239 to the San Fransisco locals at 148° tp 27.  At the very least there is a placeholder there.(JH)  The station ID is assumed to be the KFTY Santa Rosa.
• Removed satellite info from KRSC (8929).  This channel's place holder no longer appears to be on the 148 or any other satellite. (JH)
• Sky Angel will be adding a new channel in late November.  Added channel 9707 to the grid. (JH).
• Also made a change to channel 9720.  Enlace was purchased by TBN has requested they be removed from the Sky Angel Line-up.  Looks like GTN will be replacing Enlace/TBN.

10/16/02 (Thanks to JH, anon, Moe T and Jeff F. for the following information today)

• Philadelphia locals moved from transponder Spotbeam transponder 6 presumably spot 13
• Minneapolis Locals stayed on transponder 8 and transponder 8 became a spot beam.  Unknown spot number so far.
• Transponders 8 and 10 have been made spot beam transponders today.  So transponders 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 are spot beams at 110°.  More "spots" will be activated on those transponder frequencies soon.
• The Orlando locals yesterday moved to transponder 6 and not 4 as previously reported.  Sorry for the misinformation.
• Freeview on channel 598 (NTV America) ended on Wednesday 10/15 at about 6pm est.

10/15/02 (Thanks to JH, anon, Sean H, Sean F, Mike S, Moe T, Mike T and others for their contributions on the following changes today)

• Moved from transponder 2 to transponder 9 at 110°: 149, 177, 186, 498, 621, 622, 627, 630, 631 and 632.
• Albuquerque locals (8810-8816) confirmed at transponder 15 by 3 contributors
• Nashville locals confirmed on spotbeam transponder 6 (spotbeam number unkown) at 110°
• Tampa locals (8270-8276) moved from transponder 9 to spotbeam transponder 2. (Presumably spot 34)
• Orlando locals moved from transponder 5 (now vacant) to spotbeam transponder  4? (presumably spotbeam 34)
• Colorado Springs locals found at spot beam transponder 4 (Unknown spot)

10/14/02 (thanks to JH and Jeff F for the following info at 110°)

• Moved from transponder 24 to 2: 149, 186, 498, 621, 622, 627, 630, 631 and 632.
• Moved from transponder 22 to 2: 177
• Moved from transponder 24 to 22: 460
• Moved from transponder 2 to 24: 540-547
• Moved from transponder 7 to 9: 851, 855, 859, 863 and 8690-8696
• Moved from transponder 9 to 7: 714, 739, 764, 789 and 8630-8636
• Moved(?) from transponder 6 (Now Spotbeam) to (God Knows where): Albuquerque locals 701, 726, 751, 776 and 8810-8816
• Moved(?) from transponder 4 to (God knows where): Colorado Springs locals (not yet available to subscribers)
• Transponders 4 and 6 are now Spotbeam transponders at 110°

10/10/02

• It appears that transponder 21 was switched to E*8 from E*5 early this morning.  Made the appropriate changes. (JH)
• Some changes made to the PPV channels that I've overlooked for some time.   Channels 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 513, 514, 520, 522, and 524 all have SAP (Usually Spanish) sound track.   Channel 523 does not have letterboxed movies.  That was changed many moos ago.

10/9/02

• It appears that transponders 1, 3, 16 and 19 were switched over from E*5 to E*8 at 110° last night.  Made the appropriate changes.  (Larry R, et al.)
• Channels 594 (148 and 61.5°) are still on free preview.  Changed the notes so they would both say the same things (Larry R)

10/8/02

• Colorado Springs locals now confirmend uplinked to transponder 4 E*5 at 110°.  This transponder will soon be a "spot beam". (anon)

10/7/02

• No changes yet...just this announcement:  Starting this morning (Monday 10/7/2002), Dish will be activating the new satellite Echostar 8.  There will be a lot of channels being moved at 110° and possibly from and to other satellite locations.  For the next several weeks the transponder information on this site may be incorrect.  I expect the regular contributors and I will be hard at work sending in updates as we can.  however any contributions from readers will be greatly appreciated.  If you see information that is incorrect on the chart, please send an e-mail to tngtony@one.net (link at the bottom of the page) with channel number and EPG, old incorrect info and new correct info.  Keep in mind that updates will happen as soon as I get them.  My "real" life may delay some of the updates, but I will endeavor to update the page on a daily basis.
• It has been reported by JH and by others on the internet that Transponders 13 and 14 are now emanating from Echostar 8.  Changed E*5 to E*8 on these transponders.  No channel moves were done.

10/4/02

• The NHL Center Ice package channels became visible to mere mortals today. (Brad H)  Games (and free preview) starts Wednesday the 9th.  The preview ends on the 15th according to this press release.
• Added "NHL CI" to package information with a link to the above press release.  As soon as the Dish Web Site includes CI information, the web pointer will move there.

10/3/02

• Channels 9065-9071 identified as Colorado Springs locals.  At this point the channels themselves do not appear to be uplinked, only a "Technical difficulties" slate. (anon)
• Channel 9069 added to the grid.  It appears to be yet another mirror of KWGN (This makes 4 mirrors). (anon)

10/2/02

• Dish lit up 10 new channels in the 500 block for NHL Center Ice.  Channels 540-547 are on 110° transponder 2 , 548 transponder 23 and 549 transponder 25 (JH)
• Looks like a new local market will be on Dish soon.  Channels 9065-9068 and 9071 were lit up today.  Channel identities unknown as of this point.  Stay tuned for details (JH)

9/29/02

• Channel 9995 spang to life not too long ago with WZPX TV Battle Creek, Michigan.  This channel is on transponder 8 at 148° and is as yet unavailable to subscribers.  No other news is known about this channelat this time. (anon)

9/27/02

• KTEH San Fransisco local PBS channel 54 - DISH Network channel 8234 had been removed from the San Fransisco line-up due to poor signal delivery from the channel.  Dish will reinstate the channel only when they can deliver a better quality and more reliable signal to Dish's POP. (Mark H)

9/25/02

• KMOL San Antonio (753 & 8472) changed its call letters to WOIA (Jeff F.)
• HTBA (594) which is the Cyrillic alphabet for NTVA (NTV America) is now in freeview mode for all Dish subscribers at 148° and 61.5°.
• Fixed an error in the grid.  I had channel 500 as "Order" and channel 501 as "ONPPV" when, in reality, it should have been the other way around. (Jeff F., P)
• Fresno, California ABC, NBC, PBS, UPN, Univision*** and Telemundo* (8965 block) now available FOR FREE to all Fresno subscribers.  This will remain free until Dish picks up CBS or Fox.  At that point the price will be $4.99 a month.  And once both are picked up then the price is $5.99.  The WB station is owned by the CBS station so it will probably come at the same time as the CBS station (IF Dish can strike up a deal). ***Telemundo and Univision affiliates require a second dish which is ALSO FREE with FREE installation when you order the FREE Fresno locals.
• Harrisburg, PA ABC, NBC, PBS and Fox/WB affiliates stations now available to local subscribers for $4.99 a month.  The price will increase to $5.99 a month once Dish can strike up a retransmission consent deal with the CBS affiliate.  The UPN affiliate is owned by the CBS affiliate so they will probably come at the same time (If Dish can strike up a deal)

9/24/02

• Channel 501(Order) no long mirrors the video from channels 101 and 490.  This channel has moved from transponder 11 to 12 at 119° and shows a Dish logo with background music. (Jeff F)

9/18/02

• Reno, NV locals now available to all Reno DMA subscribers. (9000-9006)
• Harrisburg locals now uplinked to channels 9015-9022 on E*7 at 119° spot beam 13 (P, JH) 
• Changed the name on Channel 594 from HTB Mir (NTV World) to HTB America.  It seems like HTB (NTB) will have a time-corrected feed of NTV World starting next week. (anon)

9/17/02

• Changed the notes on channel 594 (NTV World America) to include that the channel will be added to the line-up 9/25/02.  A free preview will ba available to Russian pack subscribers and then the chanel will be available a la carte. (P)
• Changed the notes on the Polish channels to reflect they are also available as a package and added a link to the Polish Pack page on Dishnetwork.com in the programming footnotes.  Channels 607, 609 and 664. (Jeff F.)
• Changed the EPG listing on channel 610 (which was incorrectly listed as SUN) to SUNTV. (Jeff F.)

9/14/02

• Channel 594 which is identified on the EPG as HTBA is most likely the North American feed of NTV World (HTB in the Cyrillic alphabet)  (anon)

9/13/02

• WEAO (8520) Cleveland now available to Cleveland locals subscribers
• WJAL (8085) Washington now available Washington, DC local packages
• "HTBA" (Possibly NTVA--A Russian language channel) Now uplinked to 61.5°and 148° on channel 594 (anon).

9/9/02

• "ON PPV" channels have split up back to the way they were before the "Must Carry" crunch in Januaray.  Channels 103 and 500 are now the "3 Minute Movie Guide".  Channels 139 and 450 are the "3 Minute Sports & Event Guide".  They remained on Transponder 25.  (Jeff F)
• Added note to WJAL (8070 block) that it is coming on 9/12/02 as announced by Charlie Ergen (as WB...it is not a WB affiliate any longer).
• Added Note to WEAO (8520) that it is coming on 9/12/02 as announce by Charlie Ergen on the September Charlie Chat
• Added channels 8965-8973 to grid.  Fresno locals (P, JH)
• Added Channel 610 Sun TV to 148 and 61.5°.
• Many transponder changes on 110.  Now on Tp 13 channels 175 and 623.  Now on Tp 21, 163, 309, 321, 330.  Now on Tp 22 494.  Now on  Tp 23 524.  Now on tp 24 632.  Now on  Tp 26 203, 258, 525.  Now  Tp 31 625
• Added channels 9000-9006 to grid.  Reno Locals are now uplinked.(P)
• Channels 8157, 8160, 8163 and 8167 footnote changed from 1 to 14

9/8/02

• Channel 501 changed EPG name from ONPPV to Order. (Steve)  Channel contend has not changed.
• WFTC (Formerly Fox Network) and KMSP (Formerly UPN) have switch affiliations in Minneapolis as of today.  Channel 796 (MIN-F) was switched to KMSP.

9/5/02

• Returning PPV channels 515, 518 and 519 are now visible to all subscribers.  Movies begin playing on these channels at 5am EDT 518, 5:30am EDT 515 and 6am EDT 519.  All three PPV channels are "All Day" tickets.
• As of about 6pm EDT (3pm PDT) Fox Sports west 2 is available on channel 411 to AT100 subscribers and higher within the Fox Sports West RSN area ONLY.  This channel is not available to the multi-sport package subscribers.

9/2/02

• Looks like Portland had a network affiliate swap.  Channel 8673 KPDX-TV 49 was a FOX affiliate has switched to UPN.  Channel  8675 KPTV-TV 12 was a UPN affiliate and is now the Fox Affiliate.
• Channel 866 which is listed as PTL-F was switched from KPDX to KPTV according to the EPG information this evening (Anon.)

8/31/02

• Fox Sports West 2 now uplinked to transponder 3 Spot 5 (Los Angeles) on channel 411.  (JS)  It will be available to LOS ANGELES AREA AT100 and higher subscribers beginning  9/4/02
• PPV Channels 515, 518 and 519 that have been AWOL since "Must Carry" pushed them off the line-up (on 1/9/02) are now being uplinked to 110° transponder 27 (JH).  These channels are not yet available to the public.
• Channels 9501-9504 (Open TV Demo channels) added to the grid.  They area apparently on E*3 (61.5°) on transponder 15. (P)
• Also on transponder 15 at 61.5° another Wink test channel on 9582. (P)
• Fixed some incorrect EPG info on channels 9591-9593.  They were listed as OTEST# and should have been OTST# (P)

8/29/02

• Added channel 465 to grid (Sports PPV).  It is now on transponder 27 at 110°.  (Jeff F.)
• The announcement on the 27th about channels 456 and 458 was premature.  They became active to mere mortals like us today.  Sorry for the inconvenience (Jeff F)
• Added SAP Designation and link to KOMO, KIRO, KING, KCPQ and KCTS (720, 745, 770, 795, 8610-8613 & 8616).  They are reported to have an SAP signal on the "Alternate channel.  Follow the SAP Link for more information. (Jeff F)
• WTTV TV 4 Indianapolis confirmed available to Indy local subs. (Ogre)

8/27/02

• Channels 456 and 458 have returned to Dish's line-up. (JH)  These are PPV sports channels and carry ESPN Game Plan.
• WTTV (8454) was scheduled to be available today.

8/26/02

• The Action Pack has been discontinued by Dish Network.  Removed all action pack  package info from channels affected (Go  here to see channels that were on the action pack) and updated package info on the footnotes

8/25/02

• From the "better late than never" department, Waco ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and PBS locals now available (8985-8988 & 8991) on Dish Network according to their locals page ONLY if you enter the zip code in the address broker.   According to the last retailer chat Waco became available 8/21/02
• Channels 819 and 828 were mistakenly listed at 110°.  Should have been listed at 119°. (P/JH)

8/21/02

• WTTV 4 Indianapolis has been announced as coming to the Indy locals 8/28/02.  Changed note on channel 8454 to reflect the announcement (P)

8/18/02 (All changes listed for this date occurred on the 110° location unless otherwise stated)

• WTTV 4 Indianapolis (8454) is expected to be available on 8/21/02 but no later than 8/31/02.  Added note to channel listing .(WA)
• Channel 525 should have been on TP29 when the last big swap between tp3 and 29 occurred. And Channel 892 should have been listed on transponder 12 from some time ago, but as listed int eh changes below, this channel moved to transponder 15.  Thanks to Jeff F for catching these oversights.
• As expected, the Sacramento locals did indeed move to transponder 9 from transponder 26.  As listed in yesterday's changes, all the channels on tp 9 went to 26 at 110°. (JH)
• All channels that were on transponder 31 before the changes mentioned in yesterday's log moved to transponder 19 (700, 725, 750, 775, 8070-8076 and 8404-8407 (JH)
• Channel 999 that was on transponder 9 moved to transponder 26 along with all the other programming on that transponder listed yesterday. (P, JH)
• Everything on transponder 20 at 110° (711, 713, 736, 738, 761, 763, 786, 788, 830, 8300-8306 & 8400-8403) moved to transponder 16. (JH)
• Detroit Locals (723, 748, 773, 798 & 8030-8036) moved from Transponder 4 to 20 at 110°.  Transponder 4 has no programming on it at this moment (JH)
• All channels on transponder 12 (871, 878, 885, 892 & 8550-8556) have been moved to transponder 15.(JH)
• All channels on transponder 15 (708, 733, 758, 783, 820, 876, 883, 890, 897, 8130-8133 & 8510-8516) have been moved to transponder 12 (JH)

8/17/02

• Many channels on transponder 21 moved to transponder 27 at 110°:  464, 504, 514, 9415. (Jeff F)
• Many channels on transponder 19 moved to transponder 31 at 110°: 224, 133, 188, 307, 505, 513, 520. 522, and possibly 632  (Jeff F)
• Transponders 26 and 9 seem to have swapped programming (Jeff F). 
• All programming from transponder 9 (163, 179, 192, 193, 321, 323, 330 and 461) has definitely moved to transponder 26. 
• Where the Sacramento locals have moved has not been verified but it is assumed they have ended up on transponder 9.  "??" entered in the transponder area of Sacramento locals until location can be verified.

8/15/02

• Spot Beam 10 (Texas) transponders 5 and 7 turned on. (JD)
• Waco locals (8985-8995) uplinked to transponder 7 s 10 (JH)
• WTTV Indianapolis (8454) is now uplinked to E*7 Indianapolis (Great Lakes) Spot. (PM)
• Changed the notes on channel 8140 (1) to (9), and channels 8281, 8502, 8517, 8520, 8581, 8582 and 8583 (1) to (14). (PM)
• Added note (1) to channel 8903 to signify that it IS uplinked.  However due to retransmission consent issues, it is not available to subscribers at this time. (PM)

8/14/02

• San Antonio locals (703, 728, 753, 778 and 8470-8476) moved from transponder 27 to 11 at 110° (JH)
• Tucson Locals (8950-8956, 8958 and 8959) moved from 110° transponder 8 to 119° transponder 7 spot 6 (Phoenix) (JH)
• Minneapolis/St. Paul locals (721, 746, 771, 796 and 8570-8577)  moved from transponder 24 to transponder 8 at 110° (JH)
• All channels on transponder 7 at 110° (149, 186, 460, 498,  621,  622, 625, 627, 630, 631) moved to 24 at 110° (JH)
• Tampa/St. Petersburg locals (851, 855, 859, 863 and 8690-8696) moved from transponder 16 to transponder 7 at 110° (JH)
• Transponders 2, 16 and 27 are currently empty though still transmitting an MPEG carrier. (AND DISH STILL REFUSES TO CARRY WBQC 25 UPN CINCINNATI due to lack of bandwidth!)

8/13/02

• Added 24 test channels to grid  (9951-9974)  are from 148° (PM)

8/12/02

• Channels 9416-9418 moved from transponder 31 to transponder 3 at 148° and transponder 23 to transponder 10 at 61.5° (JH)
• Channel 9692 moved from transponder 15 to 10 at 61.5° (JH)
• Changed channel 9412 (UCTV)'s web link to new home page uctv.tv (MK)

8/9/02

• Channels 8307, 8308 and 8310 changed from from transponder 10 to transponder 30 (PM)
• Channel 8284 reported no longer appears on EPG (PM) however it still has space reserved.  Changed note from (1) to (14)

8/5/02

• Radio France International (660) is now available at 148°. (Jeff F.)

8/4/02

• Added EPG Name to Discovery HD Theater channels at channel 9420 (Ron G.)
• WTTV (WB) Indianapolis (8454) will become available some time later in August.  Announced in the Aug 1 Retailer Chat. (PM)
• WPEC (CBS) West Palm Beach now available as part of the West Palm Beach Locals.  Announced in the Aug 1 Retailer Chat (PM)

8/1/02

• Channels 8942 and 8943 (Burlington Locals) are now on tranponder 3 spot 13 on E*7.  Only channel 8942 is available to subscribers as of today. (JH)

7/31/02 Busy Day at E*

• Transponder 5 at 110° was lit up again today and Transponder 2 was turned off (JH)
• All channels on transponder 3 at 110° were moved to transponder 29:  223 (9611), 258, 457, 506, 510, 511, 516, 521, 523, 524, 525 and 36862 (the 9 day EPG for the 501/508 and 721) (JH)
• All channels on Tp 2 at 110° have moved to Tp 3 (8490/712, 8491/737, 8492/762, 8493/787 (JH)
• Orlando locals 8270/875, 8271/882, 8272/889 and 8273/896 have moved from Tp 16 to Tp 5 at 110° (JH)
• Orlando locals 8275, 8276, 8277 have moved from Tp 26 to Tp 5 at 110° (JH)
• Nashville locals 8550/871, 8551/878, 8552/885, 8553/892 have moved from Tp 10 to Tp 12 at 110° (JH)
• All channels on Tp 13 have been swapped with all channels on Tp 22 at 110° (JH)
  Now on Tp 13: 494, 9400, 9401, 9402, 9403, 9404, 9405, 9406, 9407, 9413, 9415
  Now on Tp 22: 177, 194, 195, 401, 462, 463, 507, 517, 623
• Tucson Local Networks (sans NBC) launched on Dish today. (8950, 8951, 8953-8956) (JH)
• Tulsa locals launched on Dish Today (8920-8928) (JH)
• Changed satellite info on channel 777 (John S) as should have been done yesterday.
• Added SAP designation to channel 8636 (Mark H)
• Talk about waiting for the last second....Software Version 165 for the 501 receiver is now beeng spooled out.  This allows receiption of channel 100 (Dish Home) and local channels mapping to their respective local channel numbers.  Updated notes (11) and (12) as well as the LIL note at the bottom of the list.

7/30/02

• Changed transponder info on channels 777, 845 and 848.   (PM)  All three of these channels should have been changed when the 8000 block mirrors were changed weeks ago.  Thanks to PM for pointing out the oversight.
• Channel 917 at 61.5° moved from transponder 14 to transponder 2 (PM)
• Channel 917 at 148 changed from (8) to (1).  The channel has been confirmed uplinked. (PM)
• Boston locals 8777, 8778, 8780, 8782 and 8783 moved from Tp 2 to Tp 22 at 61.5. (JH)
• Channels 8461 and 8462 now active at 61.5° tp 30.  Station IDs not known at this time.  (JH) Speculation...Muncie and Bloomington PBS stations.  Awaiting confirmation.....Muncie and Bloomington PBS it is.  However on further investigation, the channels listed are not actually uplinked.  At the insistence of a valued contributor footnote 14 has been added.
• Channels 8082, 8083 and 8085 no longer have slots reserved on 61.5°. (JH)  Left listing up as (9) with no Sat or TP info since they may still be included in the the Washington DC package in the future.
• Channel 980 formerly known as Latter Day Saints (LDS) Radion Network has changed its name to Brigham Young University (BYU) Radio Network. (PM/Ogre)

7/26/02

• Channel 9420 Discovery HD Theater confirmed on transponder 4 at 61.5° and suspected on transponder 10 on 148° (JH)

7/25/02

• Tulsa locals (8920-8926) added to Spot Beam 8.  They are scheduled to become available 7/31/02 (PM)

7/24/02

• Transponders 5, 8 and 11 at 110° vacated and turned off.  Transponder 29 has one hidden channel remaining (258). (JH)
• Transponder 8 activated again later the same day.  See below for details
• Austin locals moved from E*5 Tp 2 to Tp 17 (8250-8253)   and  Tp 5. to Tp 17.  (8254,8256) (JH)
• Miami locals (8830-8833) moved from E*5 Tp 5 to Tp 14. (JH)
• Albuquerque locals (8810-8813) moved from E*5 Tp 11 to Tp 6. (JH)
• Dallas Locals (8400-8403) moved from E*5 Tp 8 to Tp 20. (JH)
• The Nashville locals (8554-8556) Moved from E*5 Tp 25 to Tp 12. (JH)
• Pittsburgh locals (8134-8136) moved from E*5 Tp 29 to Tp 18. (JH)
• The Burlington locals (8935-8938,8941) moved from E*5 Tp 25 at 110° to E*7 Tp 1 spot 13 (North-east). (JH)
• 3 minute PPV guide channels (103,139, 450, 500) and channels 111, 119, 121, 151, 175, 459, 633 and 988 on E*5 Tp 12 moved to Tp 25. (JH)
• Some Tulsa locals now uplinked to 148° transponder 2 (8927-8929).  Remaining Tucson locals added as (9) rumored to the appropriate channel numbers (8920-8926).  Channels scheduled to be available 7/31/02 (PM)
• Tucson locals now uplinked to 110° tranponder 8 (8950-8959).  Channels scheduled to be available 7/31/02 (PM)

7/20/02

• Channel 224 moved from transponder 1 to transponder 19 at 110° (Jeff F.)
• Channel 457 moved from transponder 1 to transponder 3 at 110° (Jeff F.)
• Changed the name of channel 501 from the very old "3 Minute Sports and Event Guide" to "PPV Event Pre-Order" and added in the notes area that the video is the same as channels 101 & 490 (Remote Control Help) (Jeff F.)

7/19/02

• WPEC West Palm Beach (8861) moved from transponder 3s15 to transponder 1s15 (JH)
• KMCI Kansas City (8437) moved from transponder 3s8 to transponder 1s8 (JH/PM)
• Two new channels added to the Burlington locals block (8935-8943) at 61.5°.  One is a surprise:  a second NBC channel. (JH/PM)

7/18/02

• Kansas City Locals moved from transponder 24 (8430-8433) and 14 (8434-8436) at 110° to spot beam 8 transponder 1 at 119° yesterday. (Mark G./Moe)
• Indianapolis locals (8450-8453, 8455 & 8456) moved from transponder 18 at 110° to spot beam 11 transponder 7 (presumably...awaiting confirmation)  (Moe)

7/17/02

• Boston locals 8770-8774 and 8776 have moved from transponder 25 at 110° to transponder 1 spot beam 13 at 119°  (JH)
• Portland locals 8670-8676 have moved from transponder 17 at 110° to transponder 1 spot beam 3 at 119°.  (JH)
• The space vacated by Boston locals at 110° has been filled by 5 "mystery" channels (JH) The guess is that they are the upcoming Burlington channels (8935-8941) --Guess confirmend.  Burlington Vermont now uplinked to 110° transponder 25 (PM)
• Guess confirmend.  Burlington Vermont now uplinked to 110° transponder 25 (PM)
• Channel 8660 no longer shows up on EPG (PM)
• Channel 8757 No longer shows up on EPG (PM)

7/16/02

• Radio France International  (660) added to list at 148°  This channel is not yet uplinked, it is scheduled to become available sometime around July 31. (PM)

7/14/02

• Channel 754 (Locals Info) which ran a loop advising subscribers that local channels were now on the 8000 block is gone. (Jeff F)

7/13/02

• KICU (832) San Jose was not changed when San Francisco locals were moved to the spot beam at 119°.  Thanks to PM for catching this oversite.
• Add 8260 KXAM, 8385 KETH, 8623 KHCV and 8640 KFTL to the channels that have gone AWOL from the hidden guide. (JH)
• 8083 WFTP is back on the list. (JH)

7/12/02

• Changed the EPG on National Geographic Channel (186) to the name given by Dish NTGEO (Lord knows why it's not NGC)
• Changed the EPG name on the instant weather channel (9500) from WEATH to the new name IWTHR
• Many, many channels removed from the DishPlayer hidden guide.  Since that was the only reason the channels were listed on this grid, they have been removed.  For archival purposes here is the list of channels removed from the grid this morning: 127 Ovation, 136 Trio, 197 Goodlife, 211 Newsworld International, 216 Alaska Sub information, 250 253 Dish Info, 476 477 PPV Sports, 546 Soccer Channel, 800 Dish Info, 818 WKBD, 916 Schoolhouse Network, 8024 KTBN, 8060 KJTP, 8083 WFTP, 8111 WEDW, 8117 WFME, 8118 WTBY, 8141 WGPT, 8238 KFWU, 8239 KFTY, 8311 KHSG, 8330 KFPH, 8331 KAZT, 8336 KPAZ, 8414 KTAQ, 8416 KITX, 8440 KMOS, 8461 WIPB, 8462 WTIU, 8463 WCLJ, 8477 KTRG, 8480 KHCE, 8497 WCIU, 8504 WWTO, 8522 WDLI, 8523 WGGN, 8543 KCSG, 8544 KJWY, 8561 WPGD, 8581 KWCM, 8582 WHWC, 8583 KAWE, 8625 KTBW, 8680 KNMT, 8779 WWDP, 8781 WENH, 8784 WMUR, 8797 KUSI, 8820 KTLL, 8821 KHFT, 8823 KRPV, 8824 KNAT, 8843 WHFT, 9001 "BYSHO", 9300 D-500, 9441, 9442 HDTV2, 9445 HDTV 5.
• Baltimore local channels (8730-8736) also no longer listed in the "Hidden" Guide in the Dishplayer, but still listed on this grid.

7/10/02

• TV 5 (606) scheduled to be added to 148° today.  Added listing to the grid (PM)
• Added Transponder info to the National Geographic Channel (186).  Service becomes available to AT150 subs 7/12/02 

7/8/02

• Changed/Added web links on WLVT 39, WGTW 48, WTVE 51. (8150/8160 blocks) (Brett)
• Removed AT70 column from  chart.  This package will be disappearing 8/1.  Alaska and Hawaii residents can now subscribe to AT100 or AT50.

7/7/02

• Added National Geographic Channel to grid on channel 186.  It is reported to be coming 7/12 (Starbuck)
• WYDN Boston is now available to all Boston Local channel Subscribers. (Diamonds, John S.)
• Channels 8111 and 8781 changed from (1) to (8) since they do not seem to be uplinked any longer. (JH)
• NYC Locals at 61.5 (8107, 8109, 8110, 8112-8116) moved from transponder 4 to 31 (JH)
• Discovery HD Theater (9420) satellite info added (JH)
• Channels 8281, 8502, 8520 and 8581-83 changed from (8) to (1) since they now have space reserved on the satellite.  The stations themselves do not seem to be uplinked.  Only placeholders exist at this time. (JH)
• Honolulu Locals available to all Hawaii subscribers as of 6/26/02.  Fox not available due to retransmission consent issues with Emmis Communications
• Uplink info on WMUR (8784) removed. Station apparently no longer uplinked. (John S.)
• Channel 501 was listed on wrong transponder.  Updated. (PM)
• Added EEPG channel (36862).  This is the channel the 501 and 701 currently look at to get the 9 day program guide. (PM)

6/26/02

• Oklahoma City locals in the 8990 channel block have been  announced for a scheduled launch on 7/2/02.  Removed the (9) from the listings.

6/20/02

• KLDT Dallas channel 8412 now uplinked to transponder 8 at 148. (PM)
• The following channels moved from 119 to 110: (103/139/450/500 NOT 501), 457, 224, 507 and 517.(Jeff F.)
• Channel 222 now back at 119°.  Channel 219 the HSN mirror that was at 119° while 222 was at 110 is gone.  Channel 224 took its slot at 110 (Jeff F.)
• Channel 402, the temporary channel assignment for the Golf channel now gone.
• Transponder 1 at 119° cleared for spot beam use.  Channels 169, 172, 213, 261, 270, 310. 332, 333, 414, 422, 428, 493, 634/940, 639/941, 948 and 949 moved off of TP 1 at 119° to various transponders at 119° (Mi jefe El Jefe.  ¡Gracias!) (also thanks to JH and DDRio)
• KFTL (8640) no longer uplinked to 148° (PM)
• Channel 9621 added to list at 148° tp23
• Channel 9680 changed from tp 5 to 23 at 148°.  changed note from 9 to 1 since the channel is definitely uplinked but not available to regular subs.
• Channels 9988 and 9989 at 148° footnote changed from 9 to 1 since they have been confirmed uplinked to 148°.
• Channels 9504, 9660 and 9662 at 148° removed from grid since they no longer seem to be uplinked.
• Changed the LIL advisiony (HERE) to include the 4900 receiver.  As of today the software enabling locals on channels 2-69 is being spooled (Version 175p)
• Numerous other housekeeping changes made.  Many thanks to PM for his help
• Added Dish channel numbers for Hawaii locals in the 8900-8910 block.  Channels listed here at 8906-8908 are most likely misnumbered either by dish or by the contributor to Lyngsat.  Everywhere else in the country xxx6 is for PBS, xxx8 is Univision, xxx9 is Telemundo.  Secondary Spanish usually follow (TV Azteca/Telefutura if available) then secondary PBS then additional ethnic channels.  In all cases across the country if a DMA doesn't have one of the networks up to xxx9 the channel slot remains empty.  Hawaii may be an exception, but only time will tell.
• Two Hawaii channels not previously announced are uplinked:  KIKU (8907)and KWHE (8908)
• Changed the Oklahoma City Locals (8990 block) "scheduled launch 6/19 (9)" to just a plain 9 RUMOR.  The source still maintains that HIS sources say it's coming.

6/19/20

• West Palm Beach locals minus CBS are now available on the 8860 channel block
• FaithTV is now available on the Sky Angel package on channel 9708 (JH).
• KCHV channel 8623 no longer uplinked to 148°  It was never available to regular subscribers. (JH)

6/18/02

• Added channel 9994 (Spec4).  It is reported uplinked to 148° (PM)
• Removed channel 565 from EPG at 148. (PM)
• Removed BTV listing at 148° (678). (PM)
• Changed Transponder on channel 998 at 148° from 13 to 15 (PM)

6/17/02

• Removed the (9) from the Discovery HD. It is currently on channel 9443 from 6pm-6am.  And 24/7 in free preview requiring 8PSK adaptor from 7/1-731/02
• Added footnote 6* concerning the rumor about Discovery HD Theater (9443 and 9420). 
• Though no direct confirmation from Dish Network or Discovery, the widely distributed rumor about Discovery HD (below) states that when Discovery HD moves to its own channel on 7/1/02 it will be in the 8PSK format rather than QSPK.  Made the appropriate change. 
• Changed the LIL channel numbering advisory (here) to include the software number required (P170) for this feature. (JH)
• Added marquee mirroring the most recent changes to the list.

6/15/02

• Rumor: Discovery HD Theater will be added to channel 9443 (HDTV3 demo channel) from 6pm-6am 6/17-7/1/02 for testing.  It will then move to its own channel at 9420 on a 24/7 basis as a premium channel for $7.99 a month.  It will be broadcast in the 8PSK format on channel 9420.  An adaptor will be needed to see this channel, however the adaptor will be provided free with a one year subscription at $96.  Source of rumor:  HDTV Magazine
• WKCF WB Orlando was NOT added to Dish Network yesterday.  The report was for DirecTV and not Dish.  Sorry for the confusion.

6/14/02

• WKCF WB channel added in Orlando (8274) locals package.
• Added LIL note advising that the the LIL channels will only be listed in the 8000 and the 700-800 channel blocks even though some receivers now display the local channels on their respective OTA channel assignments.

6/13/02

• Added SAP Links to WAGA, WGCL and WGTC locals.  Details at the SAP Page. (Neil G)

• Added Transponder 25 to Faith TV (9708) (JH)

6/12/02

• Satellite info removed from channel 253.  Channel still listed in the hidden guide

6/11/02

• Added Hawaii locals scheduled to be launched 6/26/02
  

6/10/02

• The EPG at 119 is no longer at "channel" 36861. The SID is not known at the moment. (JH)
• Busch Satellite Network (917) is now on transponder 7 instead of 23 at 148° (JH)
• The 9500 range of channels are no longer mirrored at 148. (JH)
• Channel 207 (Bloomberg at 61.5°) now no longer uplinked. (Paul M.)
• Channel 411 which was planned for the YES Network and filled in with Sports Event PPV mirror is now gone. (Paul M.)
• Channel 9950, 9955 gone from grid (Paul M)
• Added (9) the the 8890 block. Should have been this way to begin with. Tonight on the CC they may be announced. (Paul M.)
• Changed channel 8182 from transponer 5s14 to 7s14 (Paul M.)
• Channels 819, 826 and 828 (which are mirrored on the 8000 block) were listed on the wrong transponder. (Paul M.)

6/8/02

• Dish renamed the misnamed channel Value TV at 223 to its actual channel name "Vision TV".
• Dish renamed the EPG of HSN2 and Golf2 to HSN and GOLF. These are the temporary channel assignments to Home Shopping Network and Golf Channel (219 and 402) as they move from the 119° satellites to 110°. (Jeff F)
• Looks like Oklahoma City locals are coming to Dish soon (possibly 6/19) to the 8890 channel block. (Ogre)

D-Day + 58 Years

• CBS West Palm Beach (8861) is now uplinked on E*7. More than likely it will be coming 6/19/02 (JH)
• WCFG CTN/FamilyNet (8867) is now uplinnked on E&star7. More than likely it will be coming 6/19/02 (JH)
• Added notes showing that channel 221, 223, 225 and 227 are mirrors of 96xx block channels (JH)

6/5/02
Thanks to Jeff F for most of this info.

• Added WWDP Boston Telemundo to channel list (8779). DirecTV has been forced to carry it and Dish may also have to follow suit. Added the listing as a (9) for the lack of a beeter classification.
• New channel added to 223. Listed as Value Television, it is right now really "The Vision Channel". This channel seems to be totally in the wrong place since it is a family entertainment channel complete with movies and classic TV series and advertiser supported.
  • Update...at 8:30pm there was a "switch" and right now there is paid programming when the Vision channel is scheduled to have music TV. The folks at E* may have oobooed and put up the wrong feed. I'll keep my eye on this.
  • Update...Okay...channel 223 is indeed "The Vision Channel". Looks like it has gone the way of "America's Voice". It's program schedule now contains lots of paid programs. Though they still had entertainment programming today.
• Channel 222 (HSN) changed satellites from 119 to 110. Channel 219 is labeled as HSN2 but is the same as channel 222 in its old satellite slot. 219 is a temporary transitional channel.
• Channel 401 (Golf) changed satellites from 119 to 110. Channel 402 is labeled as Golf2 but is the same channel as 401 in its old satellite slot. 402 is a temporary transitional channel.
• Channel 217 (Gem Shopping Net) has moved to channel 229 though at this moment it is still labeled as iShop. iShop was suposed to move to channel 221 according to a crawl on the channel itself over the last few days however...
• Channel 223 (Men's Channel) has moved to channel 221. The Direct Shopping Network is now on 221 and not 229. So this explains the messages.
• Channel 690 (iShop at 148 and 61.5) is also showing GEM shopping channel now.

6/4/02

• Channel 229 (iShop) is moving to channel 221 on late 6/5 (Jeff F.)
• Changed KAZT TV (8331) web link to "new" page.

6/3/02

• Added note to channels 217 and 229. GEM Shopping Network is moving to channel 229 beginning 6/5. No word on iShop Channel's fate.