Wilma Smith's final signoff May 22.

WJW (Channel 8) news anchor Wilma Smith – born Wilma Pokorny in Garfield Heights -- will end her 35-year Cleveland broadcast career May 22.

Smith, who won 10 local Emmys, will spend more time with her husband, Tom Gerber. She began her Cleveland broadcast career in 1977 on WEWS (Channel 5), moved . to Channel 8 in 1994.

At Bowling Green State University, she was an undergraduate double major in speech and English, and got a master's in broadcast journalism. She began her TV career in 1972 at WXEX in Richmond, Va.

For Mark Dawidziak’s story, click on http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2013/04/wilma_smith_ends_her_35-year_cleveland_broadcast_career_on_may_22.html#incart_river#incart_m-rpt-2