WWLP anchor Rich Tettemer is retiring after 37 years at the Springfield, Massachusetts NBC affiliate.

He started his career as a videotape editor at WFLA in Tampa, Florida in 1984 and went on to become a weekend sports anchor at KODE in Joplin, Missouri.

Tettemer joined WWLP on Patriots Day, April 18, 1988 with the with both the Boston Marathon and the Red Sox morning game.

He was named a morning anchor on October 16, 2006, after 18 and a half years on the sports desk and has been the morning news anchor for another 18 and a half years.

Below, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, along with his colleagues said goodbye to Tettemer.

Tettemer will be replaced by reporter Julia O’Keefe. She’ll join Kaelee Collins on Monday.

Last week, weather reporter Jack Wu said he was leaving the station for a job in West Palm Beach, Florida.