More local channels available via legal streaming providers

With all of the many benefits of legal streaming, one challenge of cutting the cord is being able to watch your local channels for news and sports on NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS. You could buy a pair of Rabbit Ears or an indoor HD antenna. But ideally, having those local channels integrated into your streaming provider should be your platform of choice.

Thankfully, streaming providers such as DIRECTV NOW, fuboTV, YouTube TV and PlayStation Vue are adding local channels at a rapid pace so you won’t miss out on your favorite games and television shows.

And for soccer fans, many of the streaming providers are adding the over-the-air FOX network, which is crucial because 38 of the 64 World Cup games will be on the big FOX network. And with most kickoff times at 8am ET, 11am ET and 2pm ET, you’ll want to use a streaming provider that features a DVR too so you can record the games to watch later.

As of press time, here are the leading streaming providers and the number of local networks they carry in cities across the USA:

fuboTV
• Cities with local FOX: 116
• Cities with local NBC: 113
• Cities with local Telemundo: 26

YouTube TV
• Cities with local FOX: 84
• Cities with local NBC: 81
• Cities with local Telemundo: 21

DIRECTV NOW
• Cities with local FOX: 71
• Cities with local NBC: 56
• Cities with local Telemundo: 8

PlayStation Vue
• Cities with local FOX: 31
• Cities with local NBC: 38
• Cities with local Telemundo: 6

Many of the streaming providers also carry local ABC, CBS and The CW, but those channels don’t broadcast soccer games.

While the number of local TV stations for all of the streaming providers are too numerous to list, here are the cities where you can get your local TV from fuboTV:

Cities with fuboTV access to local FOX over-the-air networks: Albuquerque, Anderson, Asheville, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Belmont, Boston, Buffalo, Cape Girard, Champaign, Charleston-Huntington, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Davenport, Dayton, Daytona Bch, Decatur, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, El Paso, Fargo, Flint, Florence, Fort Myers, Fort Worth, Fort Wayne, Fresno, Gainesville, Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Greenville, Harrisburg, Hartford, Hastings, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Kearny (NE), Las Vegas, Lexington, Lincoln, Little Rock, Longview, Los Angeles, Louisville, Macon, Madison, Melbourne, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Moline, Monterey, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Oakland, Ocala, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Paducah, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), Portland (OR), Providence, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Rock Island, Roanoke, Sacramento, Salinas, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Santa Barbara, Sarasota, Savannah, Seattle, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Spartanburg, Springfield, St Louis, St Paul, St Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, Thomasville, Tyler, Valley City, Visalia, Washington DC, Waco, Wichita, Wilkes-Barre.

Cities with fuboTV access to local NBC over-the-air networks: Albany, Albuquerque, Anniston, Appleton, Asheville, Atlanta, Auburn, Baltimore, Beckley, Birmingham, Bluefield, Boise, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, Champaign, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Dallas, Daytona Bch, Decatur, Denver, Detroit, Durham, Evansville, Fargo, Fayetteville, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Fort Worth, Green Bay, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Harrisburg, Hastings, High Point, Honolulu, Houston, Huntington, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Kearney, Knoxville, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lexington, Lincoln, Los Angeles, Louisville, Lynchburg, Madison, Melbourne, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Monterrey, Nashville, New Bern, New Haven, New Orleans, New York, Oak Hill, Oakland, Omaha, Orlando, Panama City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Plattsburgh, Portland, Pueblo, Raleigh, Richmond, Roanoke, Sacramento, Salinas, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Santa Barbara, Schenectady, Seattle, Sierra Vista, South Bend, Spartanburg, Springfield, St Louis, Stockton, Troy, Tucson, Tulsa, Tuscaloosa, Valley City, Waco, Washington DC, West Palm Beach, Wilmington, Winston-Salem, York.

Cities with fuboTV access to Telemundo networks: Boston, Brownsville, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Ft Lauderdale, Ft Worth, Fresno, Harlingen, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Manchester, Miami, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Sierra Vista, Tucson, Visalia, Weslaco.

Cities with fuboTV access to local CBS over-the-air networks: Ames, Atlanta, Augusta, Baltimore, Bay City, Boston, Burlington, Cape Girard, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Daytona Bch, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Evansville, Fargo, Flint, Ft Myers, Ft Worth, Greensboro, Hartford, High Point, Holyoke, Honolulu, Houston, Hutchinson, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lexington, Lincoln, Little Rock, Longview, Los Angeles, Louisville, Lynchburg, Macon, Madison, Melbourne, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Monterrey, Naples, Nashville, New Haven, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Paducah, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pine Bluff, Pittsburgh, Plattsburgh, Roanoke, Sacramento, Saginaw, Salinas, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Santa Barbara, Savannah, Seattle, Spokane, Springfield (MA), St Louis, St Petersburg, Tacoma, Tallahassee, Tampa, Thomasville, Toledo, Tucson, Tulsa, Tyler, Valley City, Waco, Washington DC, Wichita, Winston-Salem.