WLAE-TV
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New Orleans, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | WLAE |
| Slogan | New Orleans Public Television |
| Channels |
Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 32 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Educational Independent |
| Owner | Educational Broadcasting Foundation (Willwoods Community 50%/ Louisiana Educational Television Authority 50%) |
| First air date | July 8, 1984 |
| Call letters' meaning | LouisianA Educational Television |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 32 (UHF, 1984–2009) |
| Former affiliations | PBS (1984–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW |
| Height | 274 m |
| Facility ID | 18819 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°58′58.1″N 89°57′9″W / 29.982806°N 89.95250°WCoordinates: 29°58′58.1″N 89°57′9″W / 29.982806°N 89.95250°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wlae.com |
WLAE-TV, virtual channel 32 (UHF digital channel 31), is a educational independent television station located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by the Educational Broadcasting Foundation, a partnership between Catholic-related organization, the Willwoods Community and the Louisiana Educational Television Authority (operators of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, which owns the PBS member stations in Louisiana that are located outside of New Orleans). WLAE maintains studio facilities located on North Causeway Boulevard in Metairie, and its transmitter is located on Paris Road/Highway 47 (northeast of Chalmette).
In 1978, a group of married couples, supported by the Catholic Church, formed the Willwoods Community. The organization joined forces with the Louisiana Educational Television Authority, which had been looking for a way to get its locally based programming into the state's largest market, to obtain the other non-commercial license allocated to the New Orleans market. On December 14, 1981, under the banner of the "Educational Broadcasting Foundation," the partnership was granted an educational station license from the Federal Communications Commission.
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