Art Rascon ABC13, Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Education, Salary, and Net Worth

Art Rascon Bio, Wiki

Art Rascon is an American multi Emmy award-winning journalist who currently works at ABC13 in Houston, Texas as a news anchor and reporter. He joined the news channel in September 1998. Currently, Art airs the 11 am, 5 pm, and 6 pm newscasts. Prior to joining ABC13 in Houston, he served as a news correspondent at CBS News in Greater New York City Area. Art has won has many awards, including two national Edward R. Murrow awards, 19 Emmy Awards, an RTNDA Award for Continuing Coverage, and 18 Associated Press Reporting awards.

Art Rascon Age

He was born on December 4, 1962, in El Passo, Texas, United States. He is 59 years old.

Art Rascon Height

Art is a man of average stature. He stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in(Approx. 1.70 m).

Art Rascon Family

He was born in El Passo, Texas, the United States to his parents. While young he and his family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and later to Albuquerque, but most of his youth was spent growing up in Denver, Colorado. He has five siblings. He has however not shared more information concerning his parents and siblings. His brother, Dan Rascon, is also a news broadcaster in Salt Lake City. Art holds an American nationality and white ethnicity.

Art Rascon Wife

He is happily married to his lovely wife, Patti Rascon and the couple has seven children, five sons, and two daughters. The duo got married on November 1, 1985, and have been together for over 3 decades. His children’s names are Natalie, Jacob, Matthew, Erica, Spencer, Absalon, and Isaac. Art has 11 grandchildren. He and his wife currently live in Houston, Texas.

Art Rascon Children

He and his wife have seven children named Natalie, Jacob, Matthew, Erica, Spencer, Absalon, and Isaac Art has 11 grandchildren. He and his wife currently live in Houston, Texas.

Art Rascon Son

Art has five sons, Jacob, Matthew, Spencer, Absalon, and Isaac. Among his sons, Jacob Rascon is the most known since he followed his father’s footsteps and joined journalism. Jacob is a news anchor and reporter at KPRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Houston which happens to be the rival station to ABC13 where Art works.

Art Rascon Education

He attended the Brigham Young University in Idaho, Utah where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Print Journalism.

Art Rascon ABC13

He is an American multi Emmy award-winning journalist who currently works at ABC13 in Houston, Texas as a news anchor and reporter. He joined the news channel in September 1998. Currently, Art airs the 11 am, 5 pm, and 6 pm newscasts. Prior to joining ABC13 in Houston, he served as a news correspondent at CBS News in Greater New York City Area.

He started his career in 1983 in Utah, where he worked as an associate producer and reporter for the PBS affiliate KBYU-TV in Provo, Utah, and later on for ABC affiliate KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City. He then moved to Texas in 1985 where he was a producer, reporter, and anchor for NBC affiliate, KRBC-TV, in Abilene until August 1987 when he moved to KVIA-TV, an ABC affiliate station in El Paso. Here he served as a news reporter for a year before moving to KMOL-TV which is now known as WOAI-TV, an NBC affiliate station in San Antonio where he served as a news reporter.

Additionally, he has worked at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, California where he worked as a reporter. While working here he covered and reported on the O.J. Simpson, Rodney King, Lyle, and also Erik Menendez trials. Art also covered the Branch Davidian stand-off and 1992 Los Angeles riots. He has also covered major events such as wars and conflicts in Iraq, the Balkans, throughout the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Central America, traveling with juvenile immigrants on their deadly trek to the U.S. border. Art has reported widely on the U.S. Presidential elections, terrorist attacks across the globe, the Virginia Tech campus shooting, and also a number of hurricanes that have hit the Eastern seaboard and the Gulf coast, such as Katrina and Ike.

Art’s colleagues at ABC13 include:

Roxie Bustamante – reporter

Charly Edsitty – reporter

Ted Oberg – reporter

Gina Gaston – anchor

Samica Knight – anchor

Art Rascon Salary

He is an ABC13 anchor and therefore earns a decent salary. Art’s average salary is $83,235 per year.

Art Rascon Net Worth

He is an ABC13 anchor and therefore he has accumulated a decent amount of wealth over the years he has worked. His estimated net worth is $1,000,000.

Art Rascon COVID 19

Art tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after Christmas and has faced a lot of difficulties during his recovery. He experienced aches, pains, extreme fatigue, fever, and breathing issues and had to be rushed to hospital where he was admitted for two weeks. During his time in hospital, he developed what doctors called “COVID pneumonia” and he was put on oxygen tanks which helped him breathe. Most members of his family also tested positive for the virus but their symptoms were not wild. He and his daughter-in-law Ashley were the worst hit and were admitted to hospital. Currently, he has recovered and is even back on the ABC13 anchor’s newsdesk.

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