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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.