BYU TV

[JohnRyan]

I will be getting my DISH installed next weekend.   Does anyone have BYU TV and is it automatically included in the channel lineup or do you have to make a special request for it?  Does it cost extra?

Thanks.

[scooper]

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/packages/at_50/index.asp?viewby=1&packid=10049&sortby=1

This is Dish's most Basic package (AT50) - you'll notice that BYUTV is included - Dish500 is required.

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/channels/index.asp?NetwID=50320

[JohnRyan]

Thanks for the info.  i thought I had read somewhere that it needed something "special".  I guess it could have just been having to be on Dish 500. 

Thanks again.

[Karl Foster]

John,

I think what you have heard is true for Directv. With Directv you must have an elliptical dish (18" X 24") dish to receive BYU TV, NASA, and some other public interest stations (and other subscription services as well).

[Steve Mehs]

Also if interested, there is the BYU Radio channel on 980 which is included in AT100 above.

[TNGTony]

You can also get BYU radio and the rest of the STEREO audion channels 950-981 for $4.95 a la carte.

BYU is located at the 110° location. So a Dish 500 or a dish pointed at 110 is absolutely necessary. I don't think you can get a new dish system without a Dish 500 anymore anyway. There are a few other channels included in AT50 and higher that require a Dish pointed at 61.5 or 148, but they aren't much to look at. :)

See www.dishchannelchart.com or http://ekb.dbstalk.com/143

See ya
Tony

[Michael P]

BYU-TV is a "PI Channel" (Public Interest). PI's are included in all basic packages and there are different PI's on each satellite. As mentioned above, BYU-TV is on 110 (as well as several other PI's). The rest of AT-50 is on 119. Add a 61.5 or 148 dish and you'll get the full slate of PI's.