Nerd Pride Radio

Do you have 2 y's on purpose?

[edit: Oh I imagine you do.

Pete! I want to know what you did to get a point. I tried letter substitutions and a lot of different things. I even made a list of the numbers 1-26 and which ones were used and weren't. I spelled a couple of words...but my total was 10 more than the correct summation. I couldn't figure out the left to right series.

Yes, simple A-Z to 1-26 substitution here. Just need to figure out how to make it work. The difference between this puzzle and others is that it requires some elbow grease.

So here was my guess that I got 1 point for:

Ah well, All the columns add up to the number at the bottom.
Then I wondered if wxyz, just like the letters, were numbers that were in order
aka
x = w+1
y = w+2, x+1
z = w+3, x+2, y+1
so I did
w + x + y + y + z = 53
(n+0)+(n+1)+(n+2)+(n+2)+(n+3)=53
5n + 8 = 53
5n = 45
n=9
so
w = 9 (n+0)
x = 10 (n +1)
y = 11 (n+2)
z = 12 (n+3)

I got a point for understanding that the columns add up and so w + x + y + y + z = 53
but I think I'm wrong about the z = w+3, x+2, y+1 thing.