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| Branding | WYES PBS |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | April 1, 1957 |
Former call signs | WYES (1957)[2] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25090 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 306 m (1,004 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°57′14″N 89°56′58″W / 29.95389°N 89.94944°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WYES-TV (channel 12) is a PBS member television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, owned by the Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation. The station's studios are located on Navarre Avenue in the city's Navarre neighborhood, and its transmitter is located on Magistrate Street in Chalmette.
WYES-TV is the only independently owned public television station in Louisiana as it is not part of Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB), which owns all of the PBS member stations in the state that are located outside of New Orleans, and maintains a programming agreement with and partial ownership of the city's independent public television station, WLAE-TV (channel 32). WYES-TV is also available on cable providers in Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, despite the presence of Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) transmitter WMAH-TV. WYES-TV carries PBS and American Public Television (APT) distributed programs, as well as programs from other distributors. Many national programs produced by WYES-TV are distributed by APT.
- ^ "Channel Substitution/Community of License Change". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "FCC History Cards for WYES-TV" (PDF).
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WYES-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.