WRAL Reporter Gilbert Baez is leaving the station next month, but he’s not calling it a retirement.

Baez worked for WRAL as their Fayetteville reporter from 1989 to 1996, then he jumped across the street for 17 years at WTVD before returning to WRAL in 2014.

I’m not sure exactly what it is I will do after January, but my wife and I, Doris, will take a deep breath and we’ll see what the next challenge is,” Baez, who turns 70 next year, told The News & Observer in a phone call.

He plans to stay in the Triangle area and added that if he does not find another job in television, he will “probably run for county commissioner.”

“How can I help the community, and how can I be the voice for the voiceless?” Baez said.