WLAE-TV

WLAE-TV (channel 32) is an educational independent television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by the Educational Broadcasting Foundation, a partnership between the Willwoods Community (a Catholic organization) and the Louisiana Educational Television Authority (operator of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, the public broadcaster for Louisiana outside of New Orleans). WLAE's studios are located on 6th Street in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, and its transmitter is located on Paris Road/Highway 47 (northeast of Chalmette).

Channel 32 was built by the Archdiocese of New Orleans and began broadcasting on July 8, 1984. It offered educational programming for schools, in line with the vision held by then-archbishop Philip Hannan, and served as a secondary PBS station for New Orleans, producing a range of local-interest programs. In the early 1990s, the archdiocese opted to reinvest in its schools and sought a buyer for WLAE. After discussions with other local and regional public broadcasters failed to materialize, the Willwoods Community—whose owner was one of channel 32's trustees at the time—acquired the station in 1992. In turn, it sold a half-interest to the Louisiana Educational Television Authority in 1995. After Hurricane Katrina, WLAE was not able to broadcast on its own for more than a year, but it offered programming via cable.

In the wake of state budget cuts, WLAE disaffiliated from PBS in 2013 to refocus itself on local programming. The station broadcasts weekly and monthly programming on local issues, as well as documentaries and state programs from Louisiana Public Broadcasting and a daily Catholic Mass.