Jacob Rascon

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Jacob Rascon
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist

Jacob Rascon is an American journalist and a reporter for CBS affiliate KHOU in Houston. [1] He was most recently with for KTRK-TV from January 2022 to December 2024 and at NBC affiliate KPRC-TV from 2017 to 2021. [2] [3] Rascon is the son of former news anchor Art Rascon who worked for KTRK-TV from 1998 to 2022, when he stepped down. The pair co-anchored a newscast together before Art retired and Jacob began working on air full time the following day. [4]

Rascon was previously a Dallas-based correspondent for NBC News and before that, a reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles and at Fox affiliate KFOX-TV in El Paso. [5] [6] Rascon is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he served an LDS Mission in Uruguay after finishing high school. [7] Rascon attended Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University–Idaho. [7] His uncle, Dan Rascon, and his younger brother, Matt Rascon, are also news broadcasters in Salt Lake City at NBC affiliate KSL-TV. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Garcia, Ariana (March 24, 2025). "Ex-ABC 13 Houston anchor Jacob Rascon now at KHOU 11". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ "ABC13'S ART RASCON LEAVING THE ANCHOR DESK, BUT SON, JACOB RASCON, JOINING THE STATION". ABC13.com. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Darling, Cary (December 3, 2024). "ABC13 anchor Jacob Rascon leaving the station where has been since 2022". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Father Anchors Midday Newscast in Houston with Son on His Last Day". TVSpy.com. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "KNBC Reporter Bumped Up to The Network". Adweek.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Chavez, Adriana (January 12, 2012). "That was fast!: KFOX's Rascon to leave EP for bigger market". El Paso Times . Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 "KPRC's Jacob Rascon gave up national news, now competes against dad back home". Houston Chronicle. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-07-05.



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