OBAMA CHANNEL ON DISH NETWORK (VANITY)

[Lisa_from Buckeye Country]

I'm just trying to find answers......

[Lisa_from Buckeye Country]

From someone who works for this company, who shall remain nameless....the calls keep coming in. People are DVRing shows, and when they replay, it's channel 73 (the Obama channel)....when activating new receivers, the local channels revert to, again channel 73. There have been a couple of other threads on this subject that have kind of died out. I'd appreciate any and all input, or if you've had a personal experience to share. Thanks.

[machogirl]

wonder how much the obama/tv default channel costs?

[ncalburt]

Cancel .
WE did.
Go to direct tv and your free from that 1984 hell !

[RaiderRose]

I apparently don’t have the service that has this channel, but my sister called and said it’s creepy. She said that if she didn’t know better (I’ve educated her), that listening to him on there would make her want to vote for him.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dishnetwork
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obama

[Salamander]

There are actually *2* channels, now.
[73 and 5890]

They are keeping track of complaints.

Call and complain.

Pitch a fit.

There’s also an Obama movie running now about his trip to Kenya.

[no, I did not sit through that gag-provoking piece of cinematic dreck]

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

check out ripoffreport.com to see if similar stories are being posted. I have not looked there. FYI

[CSI007]

Our answer is to cancel Dish network.

[claymax]

I went to Direct TV as well when I found out about it! I love it now!

[Salamander]

We tried but we're still under contract.
It'll cost us almost $200 to cancel.
When the contract is up, we're switching.

Interestingly enough, the tech I talked to said they were getting LOTS of complaints and that he himself thought the channels were a travesty.

[Lisa_from Buckeye Country]

I can’t cancel, because I don’t have Dish. My apt. complex won’t allow it.
That said, this is so concerning to me.
Imagine one having to take calls consistently during a long shift, like I said before, with all these strange things happening....almost like this channel is being forced on customers. Believe me, for someone who has this job as their livlihood, it’s enough to want to bang their head against a wall.
And the company line is “Sen. McCain has the same opportunity to buy a channel”.

[Lisa_from Buckeye Country]

5890 must be the hi def channel. Funny, you knew that before I did!
And I can’t call and complain....for obvious reasons.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

We have Dish and I am going to experiment and see if we can block the channel. Heheheheh...

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Did it show how he campaigned for his murderous cousin Odinga?

[Lisa_from Buckeye Country]

Unfortunately, that tech could be in alot of trouble if the call was recorded. Probably lose his or her job over it.
Look for a FReepmail from me.

[Lisa_from Buckeye Country]

Has anyone done the research on why Obama chose Dish Network?
And the fact that this channel is turning up everywhere at random for subscribers is driving me up the wall!
I wish I could delve into this more. Like I said before, this is very disturbing.

[dragonblustar]

I looked up dish network and Obama but didn’t see anything on that site. I will do a Yahoo search next.

[Salamander]

The few minutes I watched showed him wandering around in some impoverished village.

I turned it off.

[CPC24]

He’s also on DirecTV now, but only as a video uploaded to DVR receivers. They also upload movies and informational videos to their DVRs. It’s not an actual channel, so you wouldn’t normally come across it.

[ncalburt]

I have read others have demanded the station be blocked on there set and other demanded a refund for this channel.

WE pitched a fit and talked to a supervisor and they canceled with no penalty.