WMBO-TV

WMBO-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is a ABC-affiliated television station licensed to, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of New York City-based Hearst Communications. WMBO-TV's studios are located on Putney Road in Brattleboro, and its transmitter is located in Brattleboro Watershed Forest.

Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WMBO is actually considered a semi-satellite of (channel 9) in. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal station identifications. Master control and some internal operations are based at WMUR and WRUM-TV's shared facilities on South Commercial Street in Manchester.

History
The station began broadcasting on analog UHF channel 15 as a commercial independent station on December 2, 1978. WMBO-TV was originally owned by with studios in a converted truck stop near the campus in.

Throughout its entire run under Marlboro College ownership, the station's on-air look was very primitive, even by small-market standards. Much of its equipment had been bought as surplus from other stations, and was usually in a poor state of repair after as much as two decades of use. This was especially true of the transmitter; by 1980 the station's signal had deteriorated to the point of unacceptability. The station never thrived, even when cable arrived in the area in the early 1980s, and lost money fast. WMBO went dark in 1981.

In 1983, the then-dark WMBO was sold by Marlboro College to Imes Communications, then owner of WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire. After approval of the sale, WMBO joined ABC. With wealthier ownership and a strong network affiliation, WMBO was able to build a much more modern studio and a stronger transmitter. The station also got a significant on-air facelift, making it look much more modern.

In September 2000, Imes Communications reached an agreement to sell WMUR-TV and WMBO-TV to Emmis Communications, who then traded the two stations to Hearst-Argyle Television, now Hearst Television, in exchange for that company's three radio stations in Phoenix, Arizona—KTAR, KMVP, and KKLT.