As I first reported in this article, DIRECTV and Tribune are heading toward a contract deadline. When this happens, both parties generally look to their customers for support. Tribune stations started running a crawl on Wednesday on the bottom of the screen urging customers to contact DIRECTV, and today special stations started appearing in the guides for customers who might be affected.
Channel 5-1 was added, and although it only plays music, the information for the channel urges customers to go to a special web site: DIRECTV Promise To You - DIRECTVs Customer Promise for more information.
Here's the information as it stands today:
DIRECTV will only remove channels if specifically requested. Here's the list of channels that may be affected (courtesy DIRECTVPromise.com)
| WGN America | National | Ch. 307 |
| s | s | s |
| Local Stations: | s | s |
| WGN (CW) | Chicago, IL | Ch. 9 |
| KDAF (CW) | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | Ch. 33 |
| KWGN (CW) | Denver, CO | Ch. 2 |
| WXMI (FOX) | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, MI | Ch. 17 |
| WPMT (FOX) | Harrisburg-Lancaster, PA | Ch. 43 |
| WTIC (FOX) | Hartford-New Haven, CT | Ch. 61 |
| WCCT (CW) | Hartford-New Haven, CT | Ch. 20 |
| KIAH (CW) | Houston, TX | Ch. 39 |
| WXII (FOX) | Indianapolis, IN | Ch. 59 |
| WTTV (CW) | Indianapolis, IN | Ch. 4 |
| KTLA (CW) | Los Angeles, CA | Ch. 5 |
| WSFL (CW) | Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL | Ch. 39 |
| WGNO (ABC) | New Orleans, LA | Ch. 26 |
| WNOL (CW) | New Orleans, LA | Ch. 38 |
| WPIX (CW) | New York, NY | Ch. 11 |
| WPHL (MNT) | Philadelphia, PA | Ch. 17 |
| KRCW (CW) | Portland, OR | Ch. 32 |
| KTXL (FOX) | Sacramento-Stockton, CA | Ch. 40 |
| KSWB (FOX) | San Diego, CA | Ch. 69 |
| KCPQ (FOX) | Seattle-Tacoma, WA | Ch. 13 |
| KZJO (MNT) | Seattle, Tacoma, WA | Ch. 22 |
| WDCW (CW) | Washington, DC Hagerstown, MD | Ch. 50 |
| KPLR (CW) | Saint Louis, MO | Ch. 11 |
The stage is set for another 11th-hour announcement. Negotiators on both sides are working furiously to make this happen, but no one knows what may come over the weekend!