WDIV Reporter Steve Garagiola Announces Retirement with Emotional Message

Author Anne Erickson

December 1st, 2021 1:38 PM

One of Detroit’s favorite news casters, Steve Garagiola, has announced his retirement from WDIV. He’s spent 44 years in television, so it’s a big move.

“For the past 27 years, Local-4 has been my TV family where I have had the pleasure of working with many of the most talented, honest, and dedicated people in this industry,” he says in a message on Facebook Wednesday (Dec. 1).

Garagiola started his career at Lansing’s WILX in 1977. He became a part of WDIV in 1995 as a sports reporter, but switched gears to news following his coverage the bombing of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

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