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UHF

American  
Or uhf

UHF British  

abbreviation

  1. ultrahigh frequency

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

UHF Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of ultrahigh frequency


UHF Cultural  
  1. Radio waves with frequencies that run between 300 and 3,000 megahertz. (Compare VHF.)


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For me, it was on an independent UHF television station that carried “The Porter Wagoner Show” in daytime syndication.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Nexstar says it currently reaches 70% of U.S. households if the UHF discount is removed, through the roughly 200 stations it owns in 116 markets.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

He got the NFL rights and used them to turn small Fox affiliates all over the country from UHF to VHF channels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

At one point in Yankovic’s 1989 feature UHF, Yankovic plays a parody of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky character due to Stallone himself backing out of a planned cameo.

From The Verge ● May 3, 2022

There was a kind of abstract tile pattern on the baffle, and an old-fashioned UHF TV antenna rising from behind it.

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

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