Yep! Dish is not a favorable local channel distributor. Of course, all it would most likely be is that they put your zip code in one field to get the spot beam to you.
Look into
MyDistantNetworks
You may want to ask the question of what happens to your local channels at the stick house if you get Distant Networks. I read somewhere that when they signed up the lost the local stations at the stick house and had to use the East/West coast feeds.
Good luck.