Art Rascon Biography
Art Rascon an American journalist from El Paso, Texas as of now working as a news anchor for KTRK-TV since 1998.
Art Rascon Age
Art was born on December 4, 1962, in El Paso, Texas. He celebrates his birthday on December 4, yearly.
Art Rascon Career
Rascon began his television career back 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, he relocated 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 also 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.
He reported on natural disasters in California and highly publicized events including 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.
He then relocated to Miami as a CBS Evening News correspondent. While there, he aired 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.
He as well covered the Oklahoma City bombing, conflicts, and unrest in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, and hurricanes in the region. He has interviewed both Manuel Noriega and Daniel Ortega. H covered the 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.
Art Rascon Abc News
Back in 1998, he relocated 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 as well reported on domestic and international events and conflicts, including events in the Middle East, Iraq, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Central America.
He also aired the Pope John Paul II assassination attempt and three Papal conclaves, Papal elections. He also 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.
Rascon aired the 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 penned 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 Family
Rascon has not shared information about his family with the public. We will update this section as soon as he shares it out.
Art Rascon Wife
Art is married to Patti Rascon, and the couple has been blessed with five sons. one of his 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 Books
The Heart of the News on October 17, 2007.
On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories August 1998.
Art Rascon Education
Rascon enrolled at Green Mountain High School and then joined Brigham Young University-Idaho, Brigham Young University.