One UHF station obviously could not have provided anywhere near this
> level of service. And I can't imagine that three network-affiliate
> stations would have been able to survive financially.
I lived in Austin, Texas, in the late 1950s and there was one TV station (VHF) which was an affiliate of all three networks and had a patchwork of various network programs. This station was owned by the LBJ company. A few people had tall antennas to pick up the San Antonio stations (difficult) or the Waco and Temple stations (not as difficult). (The Temple station had its transmitter in Eddy, Texas.)
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