Tyra Stowers, weekend weather anchor for 7NEWS Melbourne, and her partner Dan Houston are awaiting their first child.

Houston is a prominent player for Collingwood at AFL level. The couple shared the big news with a gender reveal they described as a very different kind of reveal.

Stowers handles weekend weather duties for 7NEWS Melbourne. Houston plays his AFL football for Collingwood. Both are familiar names to Melbourne audiences.

The news was reported by 7NEWS and the Herald Sun. No other details about the baby or the reveal were provided.