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Article: Dish Network Offers More Local Channels in Tallahassee, Fla., Area.
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- PC World
- Article date:
- October 28, 2003
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Byline: Juana Jordan
Oct. 28--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--Dish Network subscribers in Tallahassee and Thomasville, Ga., now have all four major local channels, because the company has added WTLH Fox Channel 49 and WFXU UPN Channel 57 to its broadcast lineup.
In early May, Dish Network started offering local channels, adding WTXL (ABC, Channel 27), WCTV (CBS, Channel 6), WTWC (NBC Channel 40) and WFSU (PBS, Channel 11) in an effort to compete more effectively with cable television.
"This puts us on an even playing field with cable," said Michelle Portillo, a spokeswoman for Dish Network. "A lot of people want to go to satellite, but because we didn't ...