Career
Goodings"s break in media came in 1963 when, after working as a panel operator at Melbourne radio station 3AW, he went on air Christmas Morning to fill-in for the sick presenter. He later worked for 7LA in Launceston and 5DN in Adelaide before leaving the media to operate a health food business in Tasmania. However he returned to Television as a reporter for TNT-9 (now Southern Cross Television) in northern Tasmania.
In 1981, Goodings joined SAS-10 Adelaide, now SAS-7 as a sports reporter and presenter for Eyewitness News.
In 1983 he became news presenter and remained in that role for over 20 years, even after SAS swapped its affiliation from the Ten Network to the Goodings was joined at the news desk by Jane Doyle in 1989 and together they took Seven Nightly News to the top of the ratings. After sick leave in 2004, Goodings swapped with John Riddell to present Seven News on weekends.
The weekend bulletin previously presented by John Riddell was consistently beaten for many years by National Nine News, hosted by Georgina McGuiness. However, since Goodings took over weekends the ratings steadily climbed to be the number one weekend news bulletin in Adelaide.
In November 2014, Goodings contract was not renewed by the seven network after 34 years with the network.
He also is occasionally heard on local radio station FIVEaa.
