Why does Direct tv not have cbs ?

Either they don't have a contract with the local CBS affiliate or they are having a dispute over renewing it.

@soeahenderson 

390/391 are the DNS channels. Those used to be available for those that had no equivalent local in the Designated Market Area (DMA), regardless if DirecTV carried it or not. They shouldn't be available to you as you have a local CBS and locals lobbied to have the STELAR Act expire.

Most likely your local CBS is owned by Nexstar. They have pulled all their channels away from DirecTV as they are trying to negotiate higher rates. Because TV providers don't own the channels they all have the clause that channels/programming can change at any time. This is why packages include locals, but no guarantee of which ones or how many. As long as 1 local comes through, you are getting what your service provides.

To see if your local CBS station is affected by Nexstar or another owner (Mission, Tegna, Sinclair, etc.) with current carriage negotiations, DirecTV has a webpage to check your area. https://www.directv.com/tvpromise/ 

Why did CBS go out on our DishTV during the Golden Bachelor?

How would we know this is the DirecTV sat forum

@Dianemorrismartin 

Check the name of your service again.

DishTV is for India and has nothing to do with American TV providers.

DirecTV is what this forum is for.

Dish Network is a competitor to DirecTV.

Juniper,

Maybe you should reread my post...I was asking about DirectTV going out, not DishTV.

@Dianemorrismartin  maybe you should reread your post  you said dish tv

DTV has no control what the channels sends them, could be a glitch in the broadcast.

@Dianemorrismartin 

Why did CBS go out on our DishTV during the Golden Bachelor?

You clearly said DishTV so it is you who should read your post again. This is why we asked to make sure you were in the correct place.

You are correct, I did not catch this when I re-read my comment.  I thought I was asking about DirectTV...so sorry, my mistake!!

@Dianemorrismartin 

No worries. As I said, wanted to be sure as there are similar services and names. Just FYI, DirecTV only has a single 'T' for their brand (something to watch out for as scams can have those misspellings).

If your local CBS affiliate is completely out it is likely owned by Tegna. They pulled the feed from DirecTV while they are negotiating the next carriage agreement. To be sure you can check the official site: https://www.directv.com/tvpromise/

However, if it is not related to Tegna than more info would be needed to figure out the cause (symptoms/error message, model of boxes, exact name of package, etc.)