“This much is certain. In April 1930, Radio Station WGHP in Detroit was purchased by John King and George W. Trendle, partners who had just liquidated a chain of movie theaters. They planned to make the station “the last word in radio,” and soon changed the call letters to WXYZ, to reflect this motto.”

“This much is certain. In April 1930, Radio Station WGHP in Detroit was purchased by John King and George W. Trendle, partners who had just liquidated a chain of movie theaters. They planned to make the station “the last word in radio,” and soon changed the call letters to WXYZ, to reflect this motto.”

— John Dunning