DISH Network Satellite TV Adds WB, UPN TV Stations to Local Channel Lineup in Denver.Business & Entertainment Editors LITTLETON, Colo.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2001 EchoStar Communications Corporation EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is the parent company of DISH Network and the maintainer of the satellite fleet that provides the signal that DISH Network markets. (Nasdaq:DISH, DISHP): EchoStar's DISH Network Brings Competition to Cable -- Along with Hundreds of Channel Choices -- by Offering Denver ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , FOX Affiliates and Now WB2, UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation 20 EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH, DISHP) is pleased to announce today that DISH Network(TM) has added the popular TV stations Denver's WB2 (KWGN-TV) and KTVD UPN20 to its lineup of local network offerings via satellite television in Denver for no additional charge. Denver's WB2 (KWGN-TV, channel 2), offers complete Denver news coverage, with the only live and local newscast weekday mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the first late news coverage with WB2news@nine nightly. Denver's WB2 is not only the home of the WB network, but it also offers first-run syndication programming, including Friends, Spin City and coming this fall, Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It is one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time. . Denver's WB2 is also the home of the Colorado Rockies, carrying 75 Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. games every season. The WB network features such hits as 7th Heaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson's Creek, Roswell, and new hits such as Sabrina and Gilmore Girls. DISH Network will offer Denver's WB2 on channel 829. For more information, visit www.WB2.com. KTVD UPN20, (Channel 20) is the broadcast home of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and NBA's Denver Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
XFL X-Treme Football League XFL Exit Flight Level XFL X Football League football league premiering this week. UPN20 also features the final season of Star Trek Voyager. Other top shows include reality-based Arrest and Trial and Judge Judy. For young adults, UPN20 offers the hottest dating show on TV called Blind Date, as well as Sabrina The Teenage Witch for the kids. UPN20 also features box office hit movies and professional and college sports. DISH Network will offer KTVD UPN20 on channel 816. DISH Network now offers the Denver local channels in the following 58 counties in Colorado
This is a list of the 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado. and nearby states for a package price of only $4.99 per month:
City Call Network Local DISH
Letters Affiliation Channel No. Network Channel
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Denver KMGH ABC 7 DEN-A 718
KCNC CBS 4 DEN-C 743
KUSA NBC 9 DEN-N 768
KDVR FOX 31 DEN-F 793
KTVD UPN 20 KTVD 816
KWGN WB 2 KWGN 829
The Colorado counties include: Adams, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Archuleta, Boulder, Chaffee, Conejos, Clear Creek, Custer, Delta, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Jackson, Jefferson, Kit Carson, Lake, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Mineral, Moffat, Morgan, Park, Ouray, Phillips, Pitkin, Prowers, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Washington, Weld, and Yuma. The Wyoming counties include: Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Niobrara and Platte. The Nebraska counties include: Box Butte Butte, city, United States Butte (by  t), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center. , Cheyenne,
Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Keith, and Kimball. Nevada includes Eureka County.DISH Network offers affordable programming packages, including America's Top 150 channel package for only $39.99 per month. Consumers can receive local networks via a DISH Network DISH 500 satellite TV system, as well as receive hundreds of all-digital sports, news, entertainment and premium movie channels using a small dish. DISH Network currently offers local channels in 34 metro areas nationwide. For more information visit www.dishnetwork.com, call 1-800/333-DISH (3474), or contact your local DISH Network retailer. DISH Network is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation. DISH Network is EchoStar's state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite TV system that is capable of offering over 500 channels of digital video and CD-quality audio programming, as well as advanced satellite TV receiver hardware and installation. DISH Network was ranked number one in overall customer satisfaction among cable/satellite TV subscribers by J.D. Power and Associates in 1999 and 2000. EchoStar is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX NDX Index NDX Index (File Name Extension) NDX Northern Document Exchange NDX Index File ). DISH Network currently serves over 5 million customers. For more information, contact 1-800/333-DISH (3474) or visit www.dishnetwork.com. |
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