Will Goodings | |
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Born | 5 July 1983 |
Occupation(s) | radio presenter, television newsreader |
Known for | hosting radio programs, reading TV news |
Notable work | FIVAaa Breakfast, 10 News First: Adelaide, Seven News Adelaide |
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Will Goodings (born 5 July 1983) is an Australian television and radio presenter.[1]
He is best known for co-hosting FIVEaa Breakfast with David Penberthy and for anchoring Seven News Adelaide bulletins alongside Rosanna Mangiarelli on Channel 7.[1][2]
Goodings commenced working at FIVEaa in 2007.[1] He was appointed as the host of the station's afternoon program in December 2013.[3] Goodings hosted the afternoon show until September when he was announced as the new co-host of the FIVEaa breakfast show, replacing Mark Aiston who moved to a weekend lifestyle program.[4] Jeremy Cordeaux replaced Goodings on the afternoon program.[4]
Since Goodings joined Penberthy on the breakfast show, the program has continued to consistently rate well and the duo have routinely been nominated as the Best On-Air Team (Metro AM) at the annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards.[5] However they have never won the award, having been defeated each year by teams from either Sydney's 2GB or Melbourne's 3AW.[6]
When Penberthy took paternity leave in 2017, Goodings co-hosted the breakfast program with various people including Jay Weatherill, Steven Marshall, Nick Xenophon and Grant Stevens.[7]
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Australia in 2020, Goodings commenced co-hosting the breakfast program remotely from a home studio.[8]
In January 2019, it was announced Goodings would be the new sports presenter on 10 News First: Adelaide, replacing Nick Butler who relocated back to Melbourne.[9]
Goodings continued reading the sport on 10 News First alongside anchor Rebecca Morse until the pair were made redundant in September 2020 when the network underwent a major restructure, which included the axing of the locally-presented Adelaide edition of 10 News First.[10] The final bulletin went to air on 11 September 2020, after which it was replaced with a combined Victoria/South Australia bulletin presented by Jennifer Keyte from Melbourne.[11]
In September 2022, Goodings began co-presenting the weekend editions of Seven News Adelaide with Rosanna Mangiarelli, replacing Mike Smithson.[12]
Following the retirement of long-serving weeknight newsreader Jane Doyle, it was announced in December 2022 that Goodings and Mangiarelli would replace Doyle as weeknight presenters in 2023, with Smithson returning as weekend newsreader.[1][13] On their first night together, Seven News Adelaide recorded more than double the ratings of rival Nine News Adelaide, with 132,000 viewers to the latter's 61,000.[14]
Goodings is married.[1] He and his wife have one daughter who was born in October 2022.[15]
He studied politics at the University of Adelaide.[1]
Goodings is the son of former Seven News presenter Graeme Goodings.[1]
The Metropolitan Best On Air Team AM award went to 2GB's Nights with Steve Price
BEST ON-AIR TEAM – METRO AM: The Continuous Call Team (Ray Hadley, Erin Molan, Darryl Brohman, Bob Fulton, David Morrow, Mark Riddell, Chris Warren & Mark Levy) 2GB
BEST ON-AIR TEAM – METRO AM: Ray Hadley's Continuous Call Team (Ray Hadley, Bob Fulton, Erin Molan, Darryl Brohman, Mark Riddell, Mark Levy & Chris Warren) 2GB
The Best AM Metro On-Air Team is Erin Molan and Natalie Peters from 2GB's Summer Afternoons, the first all-female team to win this award in ACRAs history
The successful new pairing of 3AW Breakfast with Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft was named Best On-Air Team in the Metro AM category
3AW breakfast team Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft picked up the Best AM On-Air Team (Metro) accolade