Detroit's TV and Radio Call Letters

[cwf1701]

The WXYZ call letters, according to Wikipedia [[but no source given), were acquired from an Army radio station. This happened in 1930, 13 years before formation of ABC network.

Another story the call was to represent the "Last word in radio" as WXYZ is also the last 4 letters in the English alphabet. On the Windsor side of the Detroit metro area, CKLW stood for Canada, Kitchener, London and Windsor. CBE [[AM/FM) CBEFT [[78/54) and CBET[[9) stands for Canadian Broadcasting Essex, Canadian Broadcasting Essex French Television, and Canadian Broadcasting Essex Television [[Essex is the county of Windsor ON).