Rich Pierce grew up watching the news in Pittsburgh and now he gets to deliver the news in his hometown.

Pierce is joining WPXI moving over from WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio.

What’s interesting is that while Pierce was working in Ohio, he was living in the Pittsburgh DMA. Now, he’ll be reporting in the same area where he has been living.

Working in the Burgh as a reporter was “a lifelong dream” for Pierce. He was always a big WPXI fan dating back to junior high, when he would watch “The Today Show” before school and end up catching WPXI’s morning newscast in the process.

“It was the perfect opportunity and the right station,” Pierce told the Post-Gazette. “I think WPXI does things so well. Their news department is so polished and their reporters are so excellent. I’m so excited to be part of that team and give what I have to that group.”

H/T Post-Gazzette