Longtime KIRO (Seattle) Anchor Steve Raible retiring from KIRO after more than three decades.

The Anchor and former Seattle Seahawks receiver announced his plans retire as KIRO anchor later this spring.

He’ll still work as Seahawks radio play-by-play man, but at 65 he thinks it’s time to step away from his day job.

“I’ve had two jobs in my adult life, working for the Seahawks as a player and broadcaster and working for KIRO 7 radio and television,” Raible said. “And I’ve been able to make that decision (to step away) both times. Not a lot of guys can do that, especially in football. You’re told that, ‘Hey, listen, you don’t figure into our plans anymore. You’re just not quite fast enough.’ Or, ‘We’ve got young guys who are making less money.’ “This way I kind of made that choice myself. It’s the same with the TV gig. Because those young guys are coming in this business, too. Those guys with more hair and a deeper voice and who look better on camera.”

“I think I made the right decision then,” Raible said. “And so I think I’m making the right decision now.”

Raible says making the move to spend more time with Sharon, his wife of 39 years. She has lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, and after four decades of waiting around for her husband’s 12-hour days to end, the two will spend more time together while traveling the world.

H/T Seattle Times