What Channel is History On?
History is on DIRECTV channel 269 and DISH Network channel 120 nationwide. On Xfinity, Spectrum, Cox, Optimum, Verizon Fios, Mediacom Xtream TV and Astound Broadband, channel numbers vary by location. Find your exact History number below.
| Provider | Location | Ch # | Package | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Albuquerque, NM |
46
HD 219
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Atlanta, GA |
52
HD 852
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Baltimore, MD |
37
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Boston, MA |
66
HD 872
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Burlington, VT |
62
HD 762
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Charleston, SC |
126
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Chicago, IL |
65
HD 175
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Colorado Springs, CO |
48
HD 761
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Denver, CO |
36
HD 736
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Detroit, MI |
53
HD 212
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Fort Wayne, IN |
35
HD 1270
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Harrisburg, PA |
43
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Hartford, CT |
46
HD 1478
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Houston, TX |
58
HD 658
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Huntsville, AL |
40
HD 1478
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Indianapolis, IN |
60
HD 1478
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Jackson, MS |
45
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Jacksonville, FL |
192
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Kansas City, MO |
32
HD 823
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Knoxville, TN |
25
HD 1270
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Little Rock, AR |
70
HD 1478
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Louisville, KY |
61
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Manchester, NH |
64
HD 762
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Memphis, TN |
71
HD 860
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Miami, FL |
65
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Minneapolis, MN |
54
HD 823
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Nashville, TN |
43
HD 1478
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Newark, NJ |
57
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Orlando, FL |
51
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Philadelphia, PA |
75
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Pittsburgh, PA |
53
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Richmond, VA |
38
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | San Francisco, CA |
62
HD 758
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Savannah, GA |
67
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Seattle, WA |
37
HD 671
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Springfield, MA |
58
HD 872
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Tampa, FL |
45
HD 422
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Tucson, AZ |
54
HD 219
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Washington, DC |
50
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Xfinity | Wilmington, DE |
190
HD 875
|
TV Plus | Cable |
| Spectrum | Akron, OH |
61
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Albany, NY |
39
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Alton, IL |
56
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Ashford/Willimantic, CT |
37
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Atlanta, GA |
47
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Austin, TX |
61
HD 107
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bakersfield, CA |
56
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Barre, VT |
62
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bergen County, NJ |
45
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Billings, MT |
43
HD 543
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Birmingham, AL |
34
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Bolivar, TN |
52
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Buffalo, NY |
51
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Charlotte, NC |
65
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cheyenne, WY |
51
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cincinnati, OH |
75
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Clarksburg, WV |
39
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Cleveland, OH |
56
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Coburg & Elmira Area, OR |
55
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Coeur d'Alene, ID |
34
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Columbus, OH |
20
HD 135
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Conway, NH |
54
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Crisfield, MD |
28
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
70
HD 796
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Dayton, OH |
52
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | El Paso, TX |
58
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Erie, PA |
61
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Fairfield County, CT |
54
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Greensboro, NC |
53
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Greenville, SC |
46
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Gunnison, CO |
39
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Hammond, LA |
44
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Honolulu, HI |
84
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Indianapolis, IN |
55
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Kansas City, KS |
27
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Kansas City, MO |
27
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Las Cruces, NM |
58
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Lexington, KY |
63
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Lincoln, NE |
49
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Los Angeles, CA |
72
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Louisville, KY |
54
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Madison, WI |
44
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Manatee County, FL |
54
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Medford, OR |
49
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Milwaukee, WI |
39
HD 135
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Moscow/Pullman, WA |
53
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | New York City, NY |
40
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Orlando, FL |
43
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Ottawa County, MI |
46
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Picayune, MS |
44
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Portland, ME |
58
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Raleigh, NC |
56
HD 107
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Reno, NV |
62
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Richlands, VA |
61
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Rochester, NY |
63
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Rosemount, MN |
68
HD 796
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | San Antonio, TX |
66
HD 107
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | St. Louis, MO |
56
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Syracuse, NY |
62
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Tampa, FL |
54
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Worcester, MA |
54
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| Spectrum | Yuma, AZ |
59
HD
|
TV Select Signature | Cable |
| DIRECTV | United States: Nationwide |
269
HD
|
Choice | Satellite |
| DIRECTV | United States: Nationwide |
269
|
Choice | Streaming over Internet |
| DISH Network | United States: Nationwide |
120
|
Flex Pack | Satellite |
| Cox | Baton Rouge, LA |
47
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Cleveland, OH |
22
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Enfield, CT |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Fairfax County, VA |
77
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Fort Smith, AR |
46
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Fort Walton Beach, FL |
62
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Gramercy, LA |
47
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Hampton Roads, VA |
59
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Las Vegas, NV |
43
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Manchester, CT |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Meriden Area, CT |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Middle Georgia, GA |
59
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | New Orleans, LA |
63
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Northwest Arkansas, AR |
55
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Ocala, FL |
62
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Oklahoma City, OK |
61
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Omaha, NE |
60
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Orange County, CA |
62
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Palos Verdes, CA |
57
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Pensacola Area, FL |
62
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Phoenix, AZ |
61
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Providence, RI |
41
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Roanoke, VA |
37
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | San Diego North, CA |
55
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | San Diego South, CA |
55
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Santa Barbara, CA |
55
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Southeast Kansas, KS |
49
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Sun Valley, ID |
41
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Cox | Tucson, AZ |
36
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Tulsa, OK |
55
HD
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Cox | Wichita Metro, KS |
49
|
Contour TV Preferred | Cable |
| Optimum | Bayonne, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Bergen County, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Bridgeport, CT |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Bronx, NY |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Brookhaven, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Brooklyn, NY |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Dutchess, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | East Hampton, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Eastchester, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Elizabeth, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Freehold, NJ |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Great Neck, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hamilton (Philly DMA), NJ |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hamilton, NJ |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hauppauge, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Hendersonville, NC |
19
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Islip, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Jersey City, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Litchfield, CT |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Lynbrook, NY |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Morris County, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | New Haven, CT |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Newark, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Norwalk, CT |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Oakland, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Ossining (Rockland), NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Ossining, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Paterson, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Port Chester, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Ramapo, NY |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Raritan, NJ |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Rockland County, NY |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Seaside, NJ |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Southern Westchester, NY |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Sparta, NJ |
60
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Wall, NJ |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Wappingers Falls, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Warren-Sussex, NJ |
60
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Warwick, NY |
47
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | West Jefferson, NC |
16
|
— | Cable |
| Optimum | Yonkers, NY |
47
HD
|
Value TV | Cable |
| Optimum | Yorktown, NY |
47
HD
|
— | Cable |
| Verizon Fios | Alexandria, VA |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Boston, MA |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Greenwich, CT |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Hempstead, NY |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Jersey City, NJ |
128
HD 628
|
— | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Montgomery County, MD |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | New York City, NY |
128
HD 628
|
— | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Philadelphia, PA |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Providence, RI |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Washington, DC |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Verizon Fios | Wilmington, DE |
128
HD 628
|
More · Most | Fiber |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Albany, GA |
68
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Albany, KY |
47
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Ames, IA |
45
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Apache Junction, AZ |
45
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Ardmore, TN |
45
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Berlin, MD |
45
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Bettendorf, IA |
57
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Burlington, IA |
38
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Cedar Rapids, IA |
60
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Clinton, IA |
57
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Columbia, MO |
69
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Davenport, IA |
57
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Des Moines, IA |
45
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Dubuque, IA |
32
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Hutchinson, MN |
38
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Iowa City, IA |
60
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Jefferson City, MO |
69
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Kendallville, IN |
38
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Mason City, IA |
41
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Mattawan, MI |
37
HD
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Menifee, CA |
60
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Milton, FL |
64
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Mobile, AL |
69
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Moline, IL |
57
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Osage City, KS |
49
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Prairie du Chien, WI |
36
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Springfield, MO |
71
HD 748
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Valdosta, GA |
57
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Waterloo, IA |
68
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | Waveland, MS |
60
HD 560
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Mediacom Xtream TV | West Des Moines, IA |
45
HD 848
|
Variety TV | Cable |
| Astound Broadband | Austin, TX |
57
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Brownwood, TX |
55
|
Basic TV | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Brownwood, TX |
71
HD
|
Basic TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Corpus Christi, TX |
70
HD
|
$ Add-on | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Corpus Christi, TX |
70
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Dallas, TX |
54
HD
|
$ Add-on | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Dallas, TX |
54
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
| Astound Broadband | Midland & Odessa, TX |
71
HD
|
$ Add-on | Digital TV |
| Astound Broadband | Midland & Odessa, TX |
71
HD
|
Preferred TV | Streaming TV |
Streaming availability
History is also available on Frndly TV's Base plan, Hulu + Live TV's Base plan, Philo's Base plan and Sling TV's Sling Orange & Blue plan.
Streaming services do not use cable-style channel numbers. Availability can change; check the service before subscribing.
About History
History is a cable channel focused on historical documentary and factual programming, launched on January 1, 1995 as The History Channel.
What's on History
A+E Networks launched The History Channel on January 1, 1995 under CEO Nickolas Davatzes, drawing on a documentary library acquired from Lou Reda Productions and long-term rights to the Hearst Entertainment archives. In March 2008, the network dropped both "The" and "Channel" from its name and became simply History. It remains part of A+E Networks, the joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Walt Disney Company that also operates A&E, Lifetime, and FYI.
Written by Manikandan · Last updated April 19, 2026