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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
The first UHF station in Cleveland signed on in 1965. It was a low-power (one megawatt ERP, IIRC) station on channel 25 that didn't reach my home town worth a darn  , unless a good outdoor antenna was used. |
One Mega-Watt would be equal to 1000KW twice what even WLW (the most powerful AM station ever) put out during it's prime....I believe you are thinking of a mili-Watt as the unit....though that seems kind of small even for low-power commercial broadcast.