{"id":154840,"date":"2025-03-25T02:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/advertising\/military-reporter-mike-gooding-to-retire-from-wvec-in-norfolk\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T02:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:15:57","slug":"military-reporter-mike-gooding-to-retire-from-wvec-in-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=154840","title":{"rendered":"Military Reporter Mike Gooding to Retire from WVEC in Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mike Gooding<\/strong>\u00a0has announced that he is retiring from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WVEC<\/a>. His final broadcast will be April 1.<\/p>\n<p>Gooding started working at the Norfolk, Virginia ABC affiliate in 1985 and, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/local\/mike-gooding-to-retire-13news-now\/291-969abad2-c520-488b-9b14-4ba24309dcc0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/local\/mike-gooding-to-retire-13news-now\/291-969abad2-c520-488b-9b14-4ba24309dcc0\" target=\"_blank\">according to the station<\/a>, has traveled all over the world covering military operations. He\u2019s worked as an assignment editor, show producer, sports and news anchor, general assignment reporter, and photographer.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s visited 19 countries and was embedded with U.S. forces in three wars: Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d previously done some sports and some politics, and I didn\u2019t always love the pro athletes or the politicians,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the troops, they seemed like true heroes, who were worthy of the coverage I could give them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gooding plans to spend more time listening to his favorite band: The Beatles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Gooding\u00a0has announced that he is retiring from WVEC. His final broadcast will be April 1. Gooding started working at the Norfolk, Virginia ABC affiliate in 1985 and, according to the station, has traveled all over the world covering military operations. 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