WAOT-TV

WAOT-TV, virtual channel 34 (VHF digital channel 15), is a -affiliated television station serving, United States that is licensed to. The station is owned by the subsidiary of -based. The station's studios are located on Iron Horse Drive in and it's transmitter facilities are located on  mountain in ; WAOT also operates a secondary studio on Ocean Boulevard in Hampton Beach.

Broadcast area
WAOT mainly serves the region as well as. Because Manchester is part of the television market, it also has significant cable coverage in much of the Boston area. The Boston market is cut in half by Neilsen - with Boston A being served by and Boston B being served by WAOT-TV.

Syndicated programming
Syndicated programming seen on WAOT includes Judge Judy, Dr. Phil, The Doctors, and The Simpsons, among others.

Local programming
WAOT currently broadcasts 46½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week, with 8½ hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and one hour on Sundays. The station's newscasts primarily focus on Manchester and much of lower New Hampshire. The 5:30 and 10:30 p.m. newscasts on weeknights focus primarily on news stories in Upper New Hampshire (including and  counties) as well as stories in,  and ; they are branded as Upper NH News. WAOT has been nominated for five for "Best Newscast" since 2003.

In 2003, WAOT began airing Spanish-language newscasts at 11:00 a.m. weekdays. 2014, WAOT formed a partnership with News United LLC to produce a French-language newscast airing nightly at 11:00 p.m. The anchor of the French-language newscasts is Fabrice Johannes, broadcasting from News United's Canadian studio in, , , and airing segments from French-speaking reporters at WAOT. Fabrice also anchors a similar News United-produced newscast for in,.

In 2008, WAOT formed a broadcast partnership with 's Fox station (channel 25) that allowed the two stations to cooperate in news gathering for local stories.

Newscast themes

 * News 4 New York - Jim McAllister (1982-1986)

Notable current on-air staff

 * Nathan West - anchor
 * Janine G. Bastock - anchor
 * Francisco Aarón Cebrián - anchor of NH News Edición en Español