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Moved into a house that has a Hughes satellite dish mounted near the roof
line. The house is wired for both satellite and cable. I've opted for
cable for now. However, I'm curious to know if I could use the existing
satellite dish (in conjunction with a tuner) as an antenna to pick up
local
TV stations.

Nope, it is designed to pick up a signal from a geostationary satellite.
You need a real antenna that is tuned to the TV frequencies.