DISH Network Announces Local Channels

  • February 19, 2003
EchoStar Communications Corp. and its DISH Network announced Wednesday agreements with Gray Television, Inc., and Cordillera Communications, Inc., for carriage of their local TV stations via satellite in Colorado Springs, Colo.; Tucson, Ariz.; Lexington, Ky., and Omaha, Neb. As a result of these agreements, DISH Network will provide carriage of CBS-WKTY in Lexington and CBS-KKTV in Colorado Springs, both owned by Gray Television of Atlanta, Ga. Also as part of these agreements, DISH Network will provide on Feb. 20 Gray Television's NBC-WOWT to customers in Omaha, Neb. DISH Network also reached an agreement with Cordillera Communications of Plano, Texas, to provide its TV stations NBC- KVOA in Tucson, NBC- KOAA in Colorado Springs and NBC- WLEX in Lexington. With these agreements, DISH Network will offer all major local channels in Colorado Springs, Tucson and Lexington beginning Feb. 20. DISH Network previously launched local channels in these markets without all four major networks.

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