W g b " haych " radio ? ? ?

[raccoonradio]

Canada uses Commonwealth English.Once I was in Niagara Falls and there was a TIS then at 91.9 I think, CFLZ aka C-Falls
and they said "you're listening to C-F-L-Z, or if you prefer, C-F-L-Zed"

Wiki:"For most of the world's native English speakers, including those in Britain, Canada, Ireland, and Australia, the letter's name is 'zed' /ˈzɛd/, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (this dates to Latin, which borrowed X, Y, and Z from Greek, along with their names), but in American English its name is 'zee' /ˈziː/, analogous to the names for B, C, D, etc"

(also Wiki:"The station was originally launched in 1992 by Keith Dancy, the owner of AM radio station CJRN, as a tourist information station broadcasting at 91.9 FM with an effective radiated power of just 8 watts. The station operated under a series of short-term special events licenses, each initially covering either the summer tourist season or Niagara Falls' annual Winter Festival of Lights."--eventually it became CJED at 105.1)

 

[Darth_vader]

Standard American English.

There's an oxymoron.

 

[inorm99]

From The Islands Mon.

I Agree, they sound ridiculous

There is a tendency among people of Irish decent to pronounce their H's like that ("Haich").

It could be a listener doing the ID as John Garrett suggested, or it could be the host of "A Celtic Sojourn" doing the ID.

 

[Omnibus]

The " Haich" continues. Cancel donations ....

 

[blackgold]

In Great Britain, Ireland and Australia, they say "hache" when they say the little h. Example: on RTE's 2FM, they started an announcement with "Hache"MV goes Live. And Bernadette Dimitrov, better known as Mrs. Claus, uses the "hache" pronounciation when she spells the name of her web page, http://www.hohohochristmas.com. Finally, I remember the old WHDH at 850 AM. Every time the Sports Huddle was on, the singers would go "W-Hache-D-Hache" when there was a station identification.

 

[Omnibus]

In Great Britain, Ireland and Australia, they say "hache" when they say the little h. Example: on RTE's 2FM, they started an announcement with "Hache"MV goes Live. And Bernadette Dimitrov, better known as Mrs. Claus, uses the "hache" pronounciation when she spells the name of her web page, http://www.hohohochristmas.com. Finally, I remember the old WHDH at 850 AM. Every time the Sports Huddle was on, the singers would go "W-Hache-D-Hache" when there was a station identification.

Unacceptable Standard American English.

 

[rjoc]

Canada uses Commonwealth English.Once I was in Niagara Falls and there was a TIS then at 91.9 I think, CFLZ aka C-Falls
and they said "you're listening to C-F-L-Z, or if you prefer, C-F-L-Zed"

Wiki:"For most of the world's native English speakers, including those in Britain, Canada, Ireland, and Australia, the letter's name is 'zed' /ˈzɛd/, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (this dates to Latin, which borrowed X, Y, and Z from Greek, along with their names), but in American English its name is 'zee' /ˈziː/, analogous to the names for B, C, D, etc"

(also Wiki:"The station was originally launched in 1992 by Keith Dancy, the owner of AM radio station CJRN, as a tourist information station broadcasting at 91.9 FM with an effective radiated power of just 8 watts. The station operated under a series of short-term special events licenses, each initially covering either the summer tourist season or Niagara Falls' annual Winter Festival of Lights."--eventually it became CJED at 105.1)

I like the sound of W B Zed Boston!!!

 

[aerie]

I like the sound of W B Zed Boston!!!

Remember when Dame Diana Rigg had a short-lived series on NBC? At the time WBZ was promoting their "commuter computer" thing trying to help people set up carpools. Dame Diana did promos for them, and one was "support the environment, enroll in W B Zed's commuter computer car pool...oh...I should have said "zeeeee" shouldn't I??"

 

[WLYNWAZNgm]

On the ham voice bands, it is common practice (better phonetics) to pronounce the
letter "Z" as Zed (British). 73, de WA1RFF