My home local channels work for 24 hours while traveling

As of right now, it is NOT possible. In the future, DIRECTV may fix this bug with their app to integrate DVR recordings.

In the past, as long as you had model HR44 or later, you could download the recordings at home and watch them remotely for up to 30 days. 

Do you have any thoughts on what is considered "Local" channels while travelling?  Do I have any choice in the matter?

I would like to watch the local channels for news and weather here in Tucson.  Las Vegas is worthless to me as they are even in the Pacific time zone, while Arizona has its own time zone -- Mountain Standard Time all year long, ignoring Daylight Savings Time.

@davidjones624 

Unfortunately, no. As you travel, devices with GPS features automatically change locals to reflect the new market.

You could always download your local channels for your market though.

Thanks for your help. 

I have downloaded a couple of local channels to the Roku device, but that only gives me replays of local news, without commercials, but no national network content. 

From all of the promotional emails from DTV, I was expecting to be able to watch all of the local Tucson channels and record them, just like I do at home in Denver, but it sounds like this is not possible with DirecTV.

DTV dropped support for streaming from the Genie when outside of the home network years ago.  Unknown if the new partner will add it back.  Local channels are determined by the FCC and are put into what are called DMAs (Direct Marketing Area) and are based on the zip code.  DTV satellite can only give you the Locals in the DMA of your service address.

Lots of controversy.

Some say it works and some say the function was dropped.

Support of the app was dropped but for some it still works.

According to the DMA map, Arizona and Nevada are in different DMA's.

How does DTV determine ZIP code used for DMA assignment? 

They don't, the FCC does.

Check www.directv.com/locals to see what DMA your physical service address is. That is all they are allowed to provide you on the satellite boxes, per the FCC.

As for streaming, GPS or cell tower registration might change what locals you can view while traveling. The new app to combine DirecTV and DIRECTV STREAM into one (instead of managing separate apps) is still going through growing pains. I think they are having trouble having it function specifically with what service you are subscribed to, so sometimes it may act as if you have permssions from the other service.

DirecTV does not determine DMA assignment, as that is not their authorization. That is by the FCC per the lobbying of all the locals. It is not DirecTV doing something wrong, but technical issues of the new app causing inconsistency in how it works.

Well the DTV provided app after 24 hours of providing my home Denver channels has switched to  Sacramento, CA channels rather than the Las Vegas, Nevada channels it provided previously.

I really doubt that the FCC had anything to do with this.

I am still in Tucson, Arizona and have not received the local channels from here yet. 

What a crazy system. 

Not saying that FCC is changing your DMA on the fly. As mentioned, the new app along with phone's location services, is not working consistently. Point is, this is not by design but a technical issue.

Along with reinstalling the app, try turning off and back on agin your location services, even fullly powering off phone and back on again to fully reregister on the tower. See if that stabalizes it.

Thanks for your input. Just to reiterate my situation.

1.  Snow birding from Denver to Tucson

2.  House I'm renting has 2 tv's, both with Roku devices

3.  I did load the DTV app on my phone before I left Denver while on the same WiFi network as my DTV Genie Receiver

4.  I have signed into the DTV "channel" on both Roku devices multiple times and also unplugged power to each of them several times.

5. Everytime I register my DTV account on the DTV channel I get most of the local Denver Channels, one more was added yesterday, 1/23/23.

6.  I can watch, pause and fast forward all of the DTV channels, skipping commercials.

7. After 24 hours those channels switched to Las Vegas until yesterday.

8. 2 days ago, I updated the Roku settings to the local Tucson Zip Code and Arizona time zone. (I don't know if this caused #9 below.)

9. Yesterday, after the 24 hour period expired both tv's switched to Sacramento, CA local channels.

10. I am not able to record anything as I was promised in several promotional DTV emails sent to me in December, despite having my DTV Genie receiver turned on and connected to my WiFi network in Denver.

Maybe I'm supposed to be using my cellphone app to access DTV?

No clear directions from DTV.

YouTube TV may be another option for me.