Setting up local channels on DIRECTV

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Viewers in Tippecanoe and Benton Counties can get WLFI in high definition.

DIRECTV customers can go online to DIRECTV dot com to set up their account and receive the channels.

Click on its "support page" then type your zip code in the local channels lookup portion.

It will tell you if your area gets the local channels.

You can then click on "Get Started Now" to finished the set up process.

WLFI employee and DIRECTV customer Rick Prusator lives in Tippecanoe County.

He set up his local stations with a representative over the phone.

"I called 1-800-DIRECTV. I said that I wanted to get the local channels in Lafayette Indiana. They said that it would just magically appear and it took about three days I think after the announcement before I finally got the channels, and they did just appear on channel 18 on the program guide," said Prusator. "We get NBC, CW, CBS and Fox. We do not get ABC so I'll continue to carry at this point, ABC out of New York for the ABC affiliate."

Prusator said he pays about $3.50 extra a month per local channel.