WXYZ: TV engineering. Retired in 2015 after 34 years at WXYZ-TV.


Trip Kraniak – Photo Courtesy of Mary Kraniak
- WXYZ at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics
?????, Trip Kraniak, Sam Seay – 1984 Winter Olympics Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia] - 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo
Sam Seay and Trip Kraniak – 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo - Woodward Dream Cruse Crew
- Ashley Heimbough with Mike Kalush Heading Out Over the Detroit River
Aerial shots are a main stay of local television. Ashley Heimbough was one of our best helicopter pilots and safely managed many incredible shots.
The following picture shows Ashley with Mike Kalush in the passenger seat just taking off to capture video over the Detroit River during the Detroit Grand Prix in the mid 1980s.
Mike Kallush, passenger, and Ashley Heimbough, pilot – Photo by and contributed to the archive by Trip Kraniak – Used by permission. - Yup, Another Party!
Chris Allen, Bob Clinkingbeard, Su Goodman, Trip Kraniak, Ray Thurber, Terry Pochert – Photo from Terry Pochert’s retirement collection - Trip Kraniak Retirement Party – A Great Send Off From WXYZ-TV
WXYZ: Wishing a great retirement to Trip Kraniak. This photo is an amazing group picture of an amazing technical support team for WXYZ-TV.
Retirement gathering, October 2015, for Trip Kraniak group photo. WXYZ Engineering Guru’s at Gary Schlaff’s – Farmington Brewing Company
Backrow: Bob Malik, David Krofchok
Center: Ron Breitner, Reid Neumann, George Cwiek, Chris Allen Trip Kraniak, Kirk Allen
Front: Bill Bruff, Don Cook, Steve Pelletier
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