How can I block channel 1998

You would have to go inside the Parental Controls of the receiver and set Locks & Limits I believe. What is the receiver model?

Thank you.  I went into Menu, Setting, Parental Control, Channel Block,  scrolled to 1998 and clicked on it.  I hope it works.  Thanks again. 

Sounds good. Please keep me posted. I’d be interested to see if that fixed it.

This fix doesn’t work for me 

After trying it, it didn't work for me either. 

Make sure you set the recording manually through the guide, not search. Even if channel is blocked, that doesn't prevent recording. It only means when you go to watch it that you have to put in the parental control PIN.

As much as I enjoy DirecTV, this is one long-standing issue with scheduling recordings via search for the program that you cannot keep it on a specific channel.

This just started six months ago. Over the last two days I’ve deleted 300+ shows due to this. Sigh…

Agreed!  I was recording channel to Yellowstone because it's filtered. All of a sudden I'm getting Yellowstone from Channel 1998 which claims it's TV 14 but it's in full force. Definitely rated r. And they charged me $2.99 per episode when I can get it for free

I blocked it and it still goes to that channel and now my receiver is glitching. Every time it tries to automatically go to channel 1998 and then gets stuck due to the channel block, my receiver starts literally blinking from whatever is on to a black screen and back and varying intervals. When I contact Directv about it, they want me to either pay for a service call because they continue to insist that the cycle I'm repeatedly seeing isn't real. I have to reset my receiver every time this happens to stop it from blinking. They should make it easier for customers to block/delete/disable this type of thing.  I'm about to go to a streaming service or try cable for the first time in close to 30 years. 

@TMcW 

As previously mentioned, blocking a channel only means you cannot view it without the parental control PIN. There is no way to block recording of it.

The option is to go into guide and press RECORD on the episode you want, and then a 2nd time to record the series on just that channel. Any other record method can end up recording from anywhere the show is listed.

Calling customer support cannot change this as is how the boxes are programmed. Because this is a long standing issue (design flaw in my book), I would suggest a BBB complaint. They really need to program in an option to just channels you get, or designated the channel, in the search option itself.