[simne]

> when megawatt TV stations were still a thing

In my country it was just few years ago with this tower.

I don't know sum of power of all transmitters (looks like it was secret information), but I knew few engineers, worked at radio stations and TV channels, who have their equipment installed there, and they talked about tens Kilowatts each one.

So, I think, when analog TV used, total transmission power exceed megawatt, now, yes, they use DVB, and I hear moderate numbers, about 20kW on each base station.

Must say, digital changed world, it give much clearer reception, but lost magic.