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WLAE-TV airs Mass on weekdays at 12:05 p.m. and Sundays at 11:00 a.m. from St. Louis Cathedral, plus Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. from the Basilica of St. Stephen. You can watch on WLAE-TV or stream at TheDailyMass.com and on Facebook. The Daily Mass & Rosary sits alongside the station's other programming, including documentaries, local concerts, and community affairs shows.

Weekly Mass Schedule

All broadcasts are available on WLAE-TV and stream simultaneously at TheDailyMass.com and on Facebook.

How to Watch

• On television: Tune to WLAE-TV. If you don't know your local channel, use the station's "Find WLAE on Your Local Station" tool on wlae.com.
• Online: Go to TheDailyMass.com to stream the Mass live.
• Facebook: The same broadcasts stream on the station's Facebook page.

WLAE is also changing to a new broadcast frequency. If you watch over the air with an antenna, you may need to rescan your TV to keep receiving the station. Check wlae.com for the rescan instructions.

Holy Week and Special Broadcasts

WLAE publishes a special schedule for Holy Week, with streaming at TheDailyMass.com:

• March 29, 11:00 a.m. – Palm Sunday Mass
• March 31, 10:00 a.m. – Chrism Mass
• April 2, 7:00 p.m. – Mass of the Last Supper
• April 3, 3:00 p.m. – Good Friday Prayer Service
• April 5, 11:00 a.m. – Easter Sunday Mass

Beyond Holy Week, the station also airs a Black History Month Celebration Mass, broadcast live on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. from St. Louis Cathedral, with a Gospel Choir and Rev. Tony Ricard as celebrant. It streams on TheDailyMass.com.

What Else Is on WLAE-TV

The Daily Mass & Rosary is one part of the schedule. Other programming includes:

• Documentaries – including a 2025 Suncoast Emmy winner for Best Cultural Documentary, plus titles like Al Scramuzza: The Crawfish King and The Warner Way on the station's YouTube channel.
• Music and events – annual LPO concerts and Caroling in Jackson Square.
• Local talk and community shows – Let's Talk with Keith Spera, Affordable Housing Matters, and Coping Today.
• Upcoming specials – including a Michalopoulos finale and a Father Harry special.

Schedules and air dates can shift, so confirm times on wlae.com before tuning in for a specific broadcast.

WLAE-TV is New Orleans Public Television, a public television station serving the New Orleans area. Its schedule centers on Catholic religious programming — most notably daily Mass and the Rosary — alongside locally produced documentaries, cultural specials, and community affairs shows. You can watch it on a local broadcast station or stream selected programming online.

What kind of station is it?

WLAE-TV identifies itself as New Orleans Public Television. Its programming mix is narrower than a general public broadcaster's: it leans heavily on religious and local cultural content rather than national PBS-style series.

The station's own navigation groups its output into a few clear buckets:

• The Daily Mass & Rosary — its most consistent daily offering
• Monthly Highlights and Documentaries
• Ongoing Programs such as Let's Talk, Affordable Housing Matters, and Coping Today
• Special Events including annual LPO (Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra) concerts and Caroling in Jackson Square
• Upcoming Projects and a Shop section

What can you actually watch?

Daily and weekly Mass

Mass airs on a fixed weekly rhythm from two New Orleans churches:

These broadcasts also stream on TheDailyMass.com and on Facebook.

Documentaries and cultural specials

The station produces and airs documentary work with a local and cultural focus. One example in its listings is Al Scramuzza: The Crawfish King, available on its YouTube channel, and The Warner Way, also on YouTube. WLAE-TV also notes a 2025 Suncoast Emmy win for Best Cultural Documentary.

Local talk and community programs

Let's Talk with Keith Spera is a weekly talk show hosted by a veteran Times-Picayune and NOLA.com entertainment reporter. Other ongoing titles include Affordable Housing Matters and Coping Today.

Special broadcasts

The station carries one-off live events, such as a Black History Month Celebration Mass broadcast live from St. Louis Cathedral, and seasonal schedules like its Holy Week lineup (Palm Sunday Mass, Chrism Mass, Mass of the Last Supper, Good Friday Prayer Service, and Easter Sunday Mass).

How do you watch it?

Two routes:

1. Over the air / on your local station — the station provides a "Find WLAE on your local station here" tool. Note that WLAE has announced a change to a new broadcast frequency, so if you receive it via antenna you may need to rescan.
2. Online streaming — select programs stream through TheDailyMass.com, Facebook, and the station's YouTube channel.

Who is it for?

WLAE-TV suits viewers in the New Orleans area who want daily Catholic Mass on television, plus locally rooted documentaries and community programming. If you're looking for broad national public television content, this isn't that — its identity is specifically New Orleans public television with a religious and local-culture core.

WLAE-TV is New Orleans Public Television, and you can find it in three ways: use the station locator on wlae.com, rescan your TV if you're in the New Orleans broadcast area, or watch online through TheDailyMass.com, Facebook, and the station's YouTube channel. Which option applies to you depends on whether you receive the station over the air, through a cable/satellite provider, or only over the internet.

Find your local channel on wlae.com

The homepage carries a station locator labeled "FIND WLAE ON YOUR LOCAL STATION HERE." Use it to check which channel or provider carries WLAE in your market. This is the fastest path if you already subscribe to a pay-TV service and just need the channel number.

If you watch over the air, rescan your TV

WLAE has announced it is "Changing to New Broadcast Frequency," with a link for more information on the homepage. A frequency change means your TV's existing channel memory may no longer point to the station.

The general process for an over-the-air rescan:

1. Open your TV or converter box menu and find the channel setup or "scan for channels" option.
2. Run a full/automatic channel scan rather than a manual one, so the tuner rebuilds its channel list.
3. When the scan finishes, check whether WLAE appears again and confirm the picture.
4. If it doesn't appear, check the station's frequency-change page for the new channel information and rescan once more.

The expected result is that the station is stored again under its new frequency. The most common snag is running a partial scan or an add-only scan, which can leave the old entry in place without picking up the new one.

Watch online

WLAE streams several of its programs, so an internet connection is enough if you're outside the broadcast area or don't have a TV provider:

The Daily Mass airs weekdays at 12:05 p.m. and Sundays at 11:00 a.m. from St. Louis Cathedral, and Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. from the Basilica of St. Stephen. The Holy Week schedule on TheDailyMass.com lists Palm Sunday Mass (March 29, 11:00 a.m.), Chrism Mass (March 31, 10:00 a.m.), Mass of the Last Supper (April 2, 7:00 p.m.), Good Friday Prayer Service (April 3, 3:00 p.m.), and Easter Sunday Mass (April 5, 11:00 a.m.).

Watch nationwide

The site's navigation includes a "Watch Nationwide" section, which is the entry point to check for out-of-market viewing options. If you're outside New Orleans, start there rather than with the local station locator, which is built around local carriage.

Special broadcasts worth noting

Some programming is live and time-specific, so it won't be available on demand afterward:

• Black History Month Celebration Mass — live broadcast Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. from St. Louis Cathedral, with a "STREAM HERE" link. Celebrant is Rev. Tony Ricard, with music by the Mass Gospel Choir under Richard Cheri.
• Documentary airing — Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 8:00 p.m.; the station notes a 2025 Suncoast Emmy win for Best Cultural Documentary.

If a program matters to you, check the air date and use the stream link at the scheduled time rather than assuming it will be posted later.

WLAE-TV (New Orleans Public Television) carries a mix of daily religious programming, locally produced talk and public-affairs shows, documentaries, and recurring community events. If you're looking for what's on the station beyond national PBS-style content, the list below covers the programming and special events named on the station's own site.

Ongoing Local Programs

These are the recurring shows listed under WLAE's programming:

• The Daily Mass & Rosary — the station's signature daily religious broadcast (see schedule below).
• Let's Talk with Keith Spera — a weekly talk show hosted by the veteran Times-Picayune and NOLA.com entertainment reporter, described by the station as "a new kind of weekly talk show."
• Affordable Housing Matters — a public-affairs program focused on housing.
• Coping Today — a program listed among the station's ongoing offerings.
• Monthly Highlights — a recurring roundup of the month's programming.

Documentaries and Award-Winning Work

WLAE produces and airs local documentaries, and some are available on its YouTube channel:

• Al Scramuzza: The Crawfish King — watchable on the station's YouTube channel.
• The Warner Way — also on the station's YouTube channel.
• 2025 Suncoast Emmy Winner for Best Cultural Documentary — the station holds a Suncoast Emmy for a cultural documentary, with an air date listed as Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 8:00pm.

Special Events and Annual Traditions

WLAE's event calendar includes both broadcast specials and in-person fundraisers:

The Black History Month Mass is described as a significant spiritual and cultural observance for the African American Catholic community and the wider Archdiocese of New Orleans, with Rev. Tony Ricard as celebrant and the Mass Gospel Choir directed by Richard Cheri.

The Daily Mass & Rosary Schedule

This is the station's most frequent local broadcast:

• Weekdays: 12:05pm
• Sundays: 11:00am
• Saturdays: 4:00pm from the Basilica of St. Stephen

Weekday and Sunday Masses originate from St. Louis Cathedral. The Mass also streams on TheDailyMass.com and Facebook.

Holy Week 2025 schedule (on WLAE-TV and TheDailyMass.com):

• March 29 at 11:00am — Palm Sunday Mass
• March 31 at 10:00am — Chrism Mass
• April 2 at 7:00pm — Mass of the Last Supper
• April 3 at 3:00pm — Good Friday Prayer Service
• April 5 at 11:00am — Easter Sunday Mass

How to Watch

• On TV: Use the station's "Find WLAE on your local station here" tool to locate your channel. Note that WLAE has announced a change to a new broadcast frequency — check the station's frequency-change info page if your signal drops.
• Streaming: The Daily Mass streams at TheDailyMass.com and on Facebook; the Black History Month Mass has a separate stream link.
• YouTube: Selected documentaries and programs (including Al Scramuzza: The Crawfish King and The Warner Way) are posted to the station's YouTube channel.

If you're planning around a specific event, confirm the date on the station's site first — the listings above mix past 2025 events with 2026 broadcasts, so the calendar shifts over time.

WLAE-TV is changing its broadcast frequency, and if you watch the station over the air with an antenna, you will likely need to rescan your TV or converter box to keep receiving it. Cable and satellite subscribers are generally unaffected because their provider handles the signal. The station's own site points viewers to a "WLAE Changing to New Broadcast Frequency" notice with a "CLICK FOR INFO" link, so that page is the place to confirm the exact timing and any channel-number details for your area.

Why a frequency change happens

In the U.S., television stations can be assigned a new physical channel as part of spectrum repacking—the process of moving broadcasters into a smaller band of frequencies. When that happens, the station keeps its familiar channel number as it appears on your screen (its "virtual" channel), but the actual radio frequency it transmits on changes. Your TV stores the old frequency in its channel memory, so it can lose the station until you rescan.

That distinction matters: you are not looking for a new channel number to type in. You are asking the TV to search the airwaves again and rebuild its list of what is available.

If you watch with an antenna

1. Confirm the change applies to you. Check the WLAE frequency-change notice on wlae.com. If you subscribe to cable or satellite, you can skip this section.
2. Open your TV's channel menu. Look for a menu item labeled something like Channel Scan, Auto Program, Auto Tuning, Rescan, or Scan for Channels. On converter boxes the wording is similar.
3. Choose the full/automatic scan, not a "add channel" or manual option, unless the station's notice tells you to enter a specific RF channel.
4. Let the scan run to completion. It may take several minutes. Do not unplug the TV or box mid-scan.
5. Verify the result. Tune to WLAE's usual channel number. If it appears, you are done. If not, check your antenna connection and position, then rescan once more.

Expected result: the station reappears at the same channel number you used before, now carried on the new frequency.

Common snags

• Rescan finds nothing. Recheck the antenna cable at both ends, then rescan. Indoor antennas often need to be moved near a window or higher up.
• Signal breaks up after rescanning. This is usually an antenna or location issue rather than the frequency change itself. Try repositioning before assuming the station is gone.
• You rescanned but the old channel is still listed and blank. Run a full scan again; some TVs keep stale entries until a complete rescan overwrites them.
• You use a DVR or streaming device with a tuner. Rescan inside that device's own settings menu, not just on the TV.

If you watch through a provider or online

Cable and satellite customers normally do not need to do anything—the provider retunes the signal on its end. If WLAE disappears from your lineup anyway, contact your provider rather than rescanning your TV.

WLAE also streams programming online, which is an option if over-the-air reception is difficult where you live. The site lists streaming for its daily and Sunday Masses through TheDailyMass.com and Facebook, and it points viewers to YouTube for programs such as Al Scramuzza: The Crawfish King and The Warner Way. The "FIND WLAE ON YOUR LOCAL STATION HERE" link on the homepage is the starting point for checking how the station reaches your specific market.

Where to get the authoritative details

Because the exact date, any temporary interruption, and local channel specifics come from the station, use its own notice rather than secondhand summaries:

• The "WLAE Changing to New Broadcast Frequency" item on wlae.com, including its "CLICK FOR INFO" link.
• The "FIND WLAE ON YOUR LOCAL STATION HERE" link for how to receive the station in your area.
• WLAE's Facebook and YouTube channels, which the site uses for streaming and program notices.

If you rescan and still cannot receive WLAE, the practical next step is to confirm on the station's frequency-change page whether a further change or outage is in effect, then check your antenna setup before contacting the station through its Staff/Contact page.