CBS

No agent can give you an answer as you are asking them to predict the future. Your local affiliate station of CBS will be back whenever DirecTV and Nexstar reach a new agreement. Nobody can tell you when that will be until it actually happens.

You pay for delivery of TV by satellite, but not any channels guaranteed. So you are getting the service you pay for.

Changing providers does not 'fully' resolve the issue. They all go through carriage negotiations. And Nexstar being about the biggest owner of local affiliates is trying to raise rates even further so has become more known for pulling the feed. This seems to be a trend with local affiliate owners in general, but Nexstar appears to be the worst offender.

It is suggested to use a regular antenna as a backup to protect yourself during negotiations (no matter what TV provider you have). And you may even pick up sub-channels that are not carried on pay TV.

Just so you know Dish Network is having its own disputes over channels, and now Spectrum is disputing with Disney owned channels. Switching is not the answer as ALL paid TV providers go through these negotations.  Directv is working on our behalf to keep our tv costs as low as possible. I for one do not want to pay more for channels that most people could get for free with an antenna.  You could always if you are able to try streaming Paramount+ for CBS while this dispute is happening as you can get live and on demand CBS shows.  Directv is also giving a $10 one time credit for you missing your local station due to the dispute which would pay for a month or maybe even more of Paramount+.  You can go to www.directv.com/tvpromise

to get your credit.