been known as the "Teleplex", that was planned to be built in the 1990s on the campus of the University of New Orleans. The facility was constructed in two phases: with a building that houses the station's technical equipment being built first, followed by another complex that would replace the original facility, which would house other operations. The station moved its fundraising operations back to the original Navarre Avenue facility in 2012, with the rest of the station's operations following suit later that year. Original programming WYES is best known outside of New Orleans as the home of the famous Louisiana chef and storyteller Justin Wilson, whose show originated from WYES-TV's studios. It is also known as the home for another famous Louisiana chef, Paul Prudhomme. WYES has been the originator of nationally syndicated cooking shows hosted by Kevin Belton, as well as Kitchen Queens: New Orleans, a series dedicated to the pioneering chef Leah Chase that spotlights women chefs at their New Orleans area restaurants. In 1984, WYES premiered Informed Sources, a program devoted to in-depth discussion of the news by local journalists; it is still running today. Informed Sources was inspired by a former WYES show entitled City Desk, which ran from 1971 to 1978. The 1985 documentary miniseries Spaceflight was co-produced by WYES. The Steven Banks Show, a short-lived PBS sitcom, was filmed at the WYES studios in 1994. Since 1997 during Mardi Gras, WYES has televised coverage of the Rex ball hosted by Peggy Scott Laborde and Errol Laborde, including the "Meeting of the Courts" with the Mistick Krewe of Comus—an event considered the symbolic end of Carnival season. Notable people Fredrick Barton film critic Mel Leavitt journalist Paul Prudhomme host Andrea Roane news anchor Al Shea theatre critic Justin Wilson host Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WYES-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, at 7 a.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 11. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 12. References External links Official website PBS member stations Television stations in New Orleans Television channels and stations established in 1957 1957 establishments