Art Rascon Biography
Art Rascon is an American journalist formerly the news anchor for ABC affiliate KTRK in Houston, Texas. Before joining KTRK, he worked as a CBS News correspondent on assignments that included international reporting for the Evening News with Dan Rather and 48 Hours.
He was also the former vice president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and was named one of the one-hundred most influential Hispanics in America by Hispanic Business Magazine.
Art Rascon Age
The American news anchor was born December 4, 1962, in El Paso, Texas. He is 60 years old as of 2022.
Art Rascon Height
Rascon stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Art Rascon Family |Art Rascon Brother
Rascon secretive nature has deprived us of knowing his early life, parents’ identity, and siblings’ details, though he was born and raised in El Paso, Texas.
Art Rascon Wife
Rascon is married to Patti Rascon, and the couple has five sons.
Art Rascon Son
Jacob Rascon, one of Art’s five sons, is a reporter at rival station KPRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Houston. He also has another son namely Matt Rascon.
Art Rascon Salary
Rascon earns an estimated salary of about $50 000 to $100 000 annually.
Art Rascon Net Worth
His net worth is estimated to be around $1 million to $5 million.
Art Rascon And Jacob Rascon
Jacob Rascon, one of Art’s five sons, is a reporter at rival station KPRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Houston.
Art Rascon Education
Rascon attended Green Mountain High School and later proceeded to Brigham Young University-Idaho, Brigham Young University.
Art Rascon Career
Rascon stated his television career in 1983 in Utah, as an associate producer and reporter for the PBS affiliate KBYU-TV in Provo, Utah and then for ABC affiliate KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City.
In 1985, Rascon moved to Texas where he was a producer, reporter, and anchor for NBC affiliate, KRBC-TV, in Abilene until August 1987, then for ABC affiliate KVIA-TV in El Paso until 1988, and for NBC affiliate KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV) in San Antonio until he moved to KABC-TV in Los Angeles in August 1989 as a reporter and anchor.
There, Rascon reported on natural disasters in California and highly publicized events such as the O.J. Simpson, Rodney King, and Lyle and Erik Menendez trials and the Branch Davidian stand-off and 1992 Los Angeles riots among a host of other stories, including brush fires, riots, and other natural disasters.
Rascon later moved to Miami as a CBS Evening News correspondent. While there, he reported on major events that occurred in the southeastern U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, including reporting on a host of stories out of Cuba and South and Central America.
Rascon also covered the Oklahoma City bombing, conflicts, and unrest in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, and hurricanes in the region. He interviewed both Manuel Noriega and Daniel Ortega. His spot coverage of Hurricane Opal on CBS Radio and CBS News earned him a national Edward R. Murrow award.
He and the 48 Hours (TV series) team also received an Emmy nomination from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their coverage of Hurricane Fran.
In 1998, Rascon moved to Houston’s ABC affiliate, KTRK-TV. Now serving the station’s lead anchor of the 11 am 5 pm and 6 pm newscasts. He has reported on domestic and international events and conflicts, including events in the Middle East, Iraq, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Central America.
He covered the Pope John Paul II assassination attempt and three Papal conclaves, Papal elections. He has reported extensively on the immigration issue, following children, teen and adult immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala all the way to the U.S. border.[citation needed] Rascon has covered everything from earthquakes to tsunamis and has executive produced and reported numerous half-hour Special Reports on a variety of subjects and reported from the scene of more than a dozen major hurricanes, including Katrina, Ike, and a host of other storms. He was one of the first to report from Haiti the morning after the quake.
He is also the author of his books, Rascon, Art (October 17, 2007). The Heart of the News (1st ed.). RMG Press. ISBN 9789798370052. Rascon, Art (August 1998). On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories: Inspiring Experiences of an LDS Broadcast Journalist. Covenant Communications Inc.
Art Rascon Illness
Rascon was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia which the doctors said had affected both his lungs. He was in the hospital for four days to which he says is a very overwhelming and fearful experience, thankfully Rascon improved to a point that he was released from the hospital.
Art Rascon Broken Wrist
Rascon took a really bad fall that broke both wrists while participating in the Ironman where he crashed into a barrel 8 miles into the bike portion.
Art Rascon Books
The Heart of the News on October 17, 2007.
On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories August 1998.
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Art Rascon was a former news anchor for ABC affiliate KTRK in Houston, Texas, serving as an anchor of the 11 am 5 pm and 6 pm newscasts.
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