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For additional information about any upcoming WYES event, call (504) 486-5511.

About WYES

WYES is a partnership between citizens, foundations, businesses and local, state and federal governments, working together toward the education and development of our community.

The mission of the Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation is to inform, teach, illuminate and inspire the many different audiences that make up our community, state and nation through a variety of telecommunications and outreach activities being ever responsive to the public's varied needs in education, public and cultural affairs and entertainment.

Cameraman Walter Bardel WYES' local award-winning productions showcase what
is unique and interesting about our people, city and region.

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WYES' temporary address is:

WYES-TV/Channel 12
111 Veterans Blvd., Ste. 250
Metairie, LA 70005

General: (504) 486-5511
Membership: (504) 831-1503
Promotion & Events: (504) 838-0364
Programming Questions: (504) 838-0389

In 1953, a group of local civic and business leaders, convinced
that there was a place on the television dial for quality programming not based on mass audiences or commercial
appeal, founded The Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation.

The non-profit organization was subsequently granted a
license by the Federal
Communications Commission to operate an "educational"
television station broadcasting on
Channel 8.

WYES-TV signed on the air on April 1, 1957 as the twelfth educational television station in the nation. In 1970, the
station swapped frequency allocations with another local station, thus becoming
Channel 12.

The high caliber national program service we provide, coupled with WYES' 50 year history of being the community resource for programs which reflect our distinct local culture, has earned
Channel 12 the largest television audience in its history, with as many as one million viewers
tuning in each week.