WYES-TV
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New Orleans, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | WYES |
| Slogan | Your Public Television Station in New Orleans |
| Channels |
Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
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| Owner | Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation |
| First air date | April 1, 1957 |
| Call letters' meaning | The word "yes" |
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| Former affiliations | NET (1957–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 70.8 kW |
| Height | 306 m |
| Facility ID | 25090 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°57′15.1″N 89°56′59.3″W / 29.954194°N 89.949806°WCoordinates: 29°57′15.1″N 89°56′59.3″W / 29.954194°N 89.949806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wyes.org |
WYES-TV, virtual channel 12 (VHF digital channel 11), is a PBS member television station located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by the Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation. WYES maintains studio facilities located on Navarre Avenue in the city's Navarre neighborhood, and its transmitter is located on Paris Road/Highway 47 in Chalmette.
WYES is the only independently owned public television station in Louisiana as it is not part of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, which owns all of the PBS member stations in the state that are located outside of New Orleans. The station is also available on cable providers in Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, despite the presence of Mississippi Public Broadcasting satellite WMAH-TV. WYES carries PBS and American Public Television distributed programs, as well as programs from other distributors. Many WYES-produced national programs are distributed by APT.
WYES traces its history to 1953, when a group of civic leaders formed the Greater New Orleans Educational Television Association. The Federal Communications Commission had assigned the VHF channel 8 allocation in the New Orleans market for non-commercial use, and the group quickly snapped up the license.
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