WBBV-LD

WBBV-LD, virtual channel 34 (UHF digital channel 30), is a low-powered Fox/RKO/Azteca América-affiliated television station licensed to, United States. Owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company, WBBV-LD maintains a small office in the Fairfield Plaza Shopping Center in Brattleboro, and its transmitter is located along in Fort Dummer State Park.

WBBV-LD3 (Azteca Vermont 34.3) is available on cable throughout much of Vermont, as it is the only local Spanish-language television station in the state (for the other over-the-air Spanish-language U.S. networks, cable and satellite providers pipe in WEVM-TV of for Univision, WMTF-TV of  for UniMas,  of  for Telemundo, and WBES-TV of  for Estrella TV).

History
On August 10, 2014, Coastal Television Broadcasting Company (which owns fellow Fox affiliate in ) purchased the low-power digital license of W34AF-D from  of  for $33,000. Two weeks later, the FCC granted the company's construction permit application to relocate the station's transmitter facilities from a cell tower atop Wantastiquet Mountain in nearby to a former AT&T Long Lines microwave radio relay tower in Brattleboro owned by, and to upgrade the effective radiated power of the station.

Channel 34 first signed on the air on May 20, 2015. Prior to then, viewers in Brattleboro had to rely on out-of-market carriage of WFNH+ in and WBOR-TV of  for Fox and RKO respectively.

News operation
The station's news department launched in English and Spanish on July 20, 2019, under the branding of Vermont News Now and Vermont Ahora. Prior to that, neither its Fox nor RKO subchannel broadcast local news, choosing instead to air simulcasts of newscasts from WFNH+ in under the title of Fox 13 News on Southeast Vermont's Fox/Fox 13 News on Southeast Vermont's RKO. WBBV-LD1/LD2, under Vermont News Now, presently air 7½ hours of local newscasts each week, all on weekdays. The newscasts air at 6 and 10 p.m. on the Fox subchannel and at 9 p.m. on the RKO subchannel. WBBV-LD3, under Vermont Ahora, presently airs 10 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each day, consisting of two half-hour newscasts at 5 and 10 p.m. seven nights a week). Vermont News Now is outsourced to of, while Vermont Ahora is outsourced to News United of ,.

Nathan Fjeldstad, a 30-year veteran at various television stations, including in, is Vermont News Now ' s news director. Benjamin Arie and Alfredo Cuadros rotate anchor duties, broadcasting from the NewsNet studios in Cadillac, Michigan; airing segments from Brattleboro-based reporters Chuck Armenteros, Morgana Seton, Vilma Arce, and Marcela Amsler. The Vermont News Now meteorologist is Morris Langworthy. The rest of the broadcast utilizes the NewsNet national feed, except for consumer reports by John Matarese from the -owned in.

Alfonso Santisteban, a 20-year veteran in Spanish-language television, is Vermont Ahora ' s news director. Mireia Villagrasa is the anchor, broadcasting from the News United studios in ; airing segments from Brattleboro-based reporters Chuck Armenteros, Vilma Arce, and Marcela Amsler. The Vermont Ahora meteorologist is Santiago Sánchez Yanes (formerly of ), it's sports director/anchor is Julio Cesar Sierra Pabón. The rest of the broadcast utilizes material supplied by News United.