Smith, Ken August 19, 2017 by Staff WXYZ: Broadcast Operations. The Operations CrewWXYZ: The heartbeat of the Station. The crew that kept everything running. Sylvia Struthers, Muriel “Pat’ Latimer, Lori Garbin (nee Kirby), Vivian Hoze, Anita Shiplett, Ken Smith Related posts: Remembering George Pierrot by Chase Snead Milestone in D minor A Great News Team – Circa 1980s at WXYZ Newsroom – 1983 Related posts: Agar, Peggy Ashton, Elizabeth Baldrica, Robert McGill, Charles – ‘Snuffy’