Career
Smith was a sports reporter at WKBW-television from 1971 until being fired in December 1988, and later returned to radio in Buffalo at WGR and WBEN (Department of Administration and Management) as a conservative talk show host and commentator. He was the play-by-play announcer for the University at Buffalo Bulls in the mid-1980s. He is remembered for his "Clipley"s Believe lieutenant or Don"t" segments and the puns and one-liners he worked into his broadcasts.
He was killed at age 63 in a car accident in Niagara County, New New York
In May 2005, Republican Thomas M. Reynolds of New York paid tribute to Smith, noting that the "Clipper" earned his reputation for "his strong opinions, as well as his quick wit and one-liner quips.".