26 Facts About Art Rascon

Art Rascon was born on December 4,1962 and is an American former news anchor for Disney-owned KTRK in Houston, Texas.

Art Rascon reported for CBS Radio, which earned him a national Edward R Murrow award for his spot coverage of Hurricane Opal in 1995.

Art Rascon has traveled to more than 75 countries on five continents and reported from nearly every state in the union.

Art Rascon has been nominated for national and regional Emmy Awards, and by the end of 2016, had earned more than 20 Emmy awards.

Art Rascon was recognized in 1997 as being one of only five Latino correspondents appearing on national television networks in the US, reporting major events for the evening news.

Art Rascon is a 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 graduated from Green Mountain High School just outside Denver and began his college studies at Ricks College in 1980.

Art Rascon served a mission for his faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and then returned to his studies at Brigham Young University in Utah.

Art Rascon spent six months in Madrid, Spain studying European political science, History, Humanities and the Arts.

Art Rascon began his television career in 1983 in Utah, where he was an associate producer and reporter for then-PBS member station KBYU-TV in Provo, Utah and then for ABC affiliate KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City.

In 1985, Art 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 in San Antonio until he moved to KABC-TV in Los Angeles in August 1989 as a reporter and anchor.

In 1994, Art Rascon moved to Miami as a CBS Evening News correspondent.

Art Rascon covered the Oklahoma City bombing, conflicts and unrest in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, and hurricanes in the region.

In 1998, Art Rascon moved to Houston's ABC-owned station, KTRK-TV where he anchored many newscasts, including a long stint as co-anchor of the 11 am and 5 pm broadcasts.

Art Rascon has reported on domestic and international events and conflicts, including events in the Middle East, Iraq, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Central America.

Art Rascon has reported extensively on the immigration issue, following children, teen and adult immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala all the way to the US border.

Art Rascon was one of the first to report from Haiti the morning after the quake.

In 2020, Art Rascon became an area seventy of the LDS Church, which like most other positions in the church is a non-paid position that is conducted while employed in other lines of work.

Art Rascon was president of the church's Houston Texas Summerwood Stake from 2017 to 2020.

In October 2021, Art Rascon announced he would step down from his position at KTRK effective January 2022.

The younger Art Rascon is one of three hosts for the station's early morning programming.

Art Rascon has received an RTNDA Award for Continuing Coverage, 18 Associated Press Reporting awards, three National Association of Hispanic Journalists' awards, two National Headliner Awards, and a Rotary International award.

Art Rascon was once named by The National Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the '100 Most Influential Hispanics in America'.

Art Rascon is an active participant in several local and national charities and has served, or is currently serving on, several notable national and international Boards, including: Executive Board Member of Interfaith of The Woodlands, YMCA International, and the BYU School of Communications Board of Advisors.

Art Rascon has served twice as president of the Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals, and is a former board member of the Radio Television News Directors Association.

Art Rascon has worked as a Dallas-based correspondent for NBC News and at NBC owned-and-operated station KNBC in Los Angeles.