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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'
40+
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.
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