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1 Megawatt of RF – How the FM Supertower Works (jeffgeerling.com)
8 points by geerlingguy on Dec 7, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


That was an interesting and enjoyable read. Thank you for sharing it. This goes very nicely with the Wikipedia rabbit hole I went down yesterday about "Clear-Channel Stations" [0], namely 700 WLW from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States [1].

WLW holds the distinction of being the only AM radio station ever authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with a power output of 500,000 watts, which happened in the 1930s.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear-channel_station [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLW




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