Veteran radio and TV journalist Dick Goodman brought his decades-long career behind the microphone to an end Monday with his final on-air shift at KSQM 91.5 FM, Sequim’s listener supported community radio station.

The 92-year-old Goodman is believed to be the oldest active on-air broadcaster in the country with his regularly scheduled Monday and Friday program on KSQM, according to the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame. The previous holder of that title was Bob Massey, also known as “Classy Bob Massey” who was also a regular on-air personality with KSQM.

The voice of Dick Goodman has graced the airwaves at two of the North Olympic Peninsula’s radio stations for 20 years, first at KONP in Port Angeles and then at Sequim’s KSQM. He said he has been busy “transferring tools from one tool box to another” as he prepares his move to Burien Thursday to live in an apartment that his son and daughter-in-law have prepared for his arrival. Goodman’s daughter-in-law is a nurse and his son an Army Major soon to be retired.

Goodman began his career in broadcasting in 1953 with the Armed Forces Radio System (AFRS) in Kodiak, Alaska, now Armed Forces Radio Network. That was followed by a brief stint with an ad agency in Boston as a copy writer. Returning to Port Angeles in 1960, he began working with KONP, then on to KGY in Olympia in 1963.

His resume includes numerous stations across the state including KOMO, KING, KMPS and a summer at KIRO radio, all in Seattle. He served as a TV news anchor at KIMA and KNDO in Yakima and KXRO radio in Aberdeen.

In 1957, Goodman water skied — on one ski — from Port Angeles to Victoria. He believes it was the first attempt to cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca on one ski.

“I’m getting tired,” he said. “My mental faculties aren’t as sharp as they used to be, so it’s a good time to pack it in.”

Goodman signed off for the final time at noon Monday.