{"id":378546,"date":"2026-07-19T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378546\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T10:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:04:21","slug":"houston-tv-news-families-5-surprising-connections-you-may-not-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378546\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston TV news families: 5 surprising connections you may not know"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to\u00a0Houston TV news<\/a>, talent often runs in the family.<\/p>\n

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From legendary anchors<\/a> to rising reporters, several familiar last names span generations and stations across Texas<\/a> and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some are carrying on family legacies, while others are just beginning to build their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Here are five Houston media families you may not have realized are connected.<\/p>\n

Trevi\u00f1o<\/p>\n

Houston news legend Ron\u00a0Trevi\u00f1o<\/a> has spent more than four decades at KHOU 11<\/a>. But he’s far from the only Trevi\u00f1o making a mark in television.<\/p>\n

In August, Ron’s niece, Emily\u00a0Trevi\u00f1o, will begin her career as a multi-skilled journalist at CBS19 KYTX in Tyler. Her father, John Trevi\u00f1o, is also a longtime television executive, currently working at WKYC 3 in Cleveland after previously serving as president and general manager of 12News Now KBMT-KJAC in Beaumont.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Emily recently graduated from the University of Texas at Austin<\/a> with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in rhetoric and writing.<\/p>\n

“I grew up surrounded by people in the news and was exposed to the industry at a young age and fell in love with storytelling,” Emily said in a 2025 profile by UT’s Moody College of Communication<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Texas TV<\/a> has always felt like family to me. In our case, it kinda is,” John recently wrote on social media. He said his older brother, Ron, sparked his own interest in television before he forged a career through newsrooms, sales departments and station leadership.<\/p>\n

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Now, he said, he gets to watch Emily begin her own career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Three different paths, but the same family thread.”<\/p>\n

Barajas<\/p>\n

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KPRC 2’s Bill Barajas, KSAT 12’s John Paul Barajas and ABC13’s Erik Barajas are part of one of Texas television’s best-known broadcast families.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Barajas name has become synonymous with Texas television news<\/a>, with three active anchors carrying on the family’s broadcast legacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bill\u00a0Barajas anchors weekend newscasts<\/a> and reports for Houston’s KPRC 2<\/a>. His brother, John Paul Barajas<\/a>, is an anchor and reporter at Graham Media Group<\/a> sister station, KSAT 12, in San Antonio<\/a>. Their father, Mike Barajas<\/a>, joined Houston’s FOX 26<\/a> in 1986 and spent the next 24 years at the station, becoming one of its most recognizable\u00a0anchors before retiring in 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I grew up around the news business and fell in love with it,” Bill previously told Chron.<\/p>\n

Broadcasting clearly runs in the family. Both Bill and John Paul previously worked at KRGV<\/a> in the Rio Grande Valley, while Bill also anchored weekend mornings at KSAT before making the move to Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The family’s reach extends beyond the two brothers.\u00a0Their cousin, Erik\u00a0Barajas<\/a>, anchors evenings at ABC13<\/a> after previously working as a weekend anchor and reporter at KSAT.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Garvin<\/p>\n

Corpus Christi’s KRIS 6<\/a> recently welcomed multimedia journalist\u00a0Raegan Garvin<\/a>,\u00a0the daughter of longtime\u00a0KPRC 2 evening anchor Keith Garvin<\/a>. She covers Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio and Refugio counties for the NBC affiliate<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Keith, a Murrow, Emmy and Associated Press award-winning journalist, has anchored at KPRC 2<\/a> since 2012. During his career, he’s reported from the Olympics, presidential inaugurations, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and multiple World Series featuring the Houston Astros<\/a>. Before coming to Houston, he worked as a correspondent for ABC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Raised in Katy,\u00a0Raegan is the youngest of four daughters. She recently graduated from the University of Oklahoma<\/a>, where she worked as a reporter, anchor and producer for OU Nightly. Before landing at KRIS, she interned at KHOU 11<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Keith celebrated her new role on social media, encouraging Houstonians visiting Corpus Christi<\/a> to watch her reports.<\/p>\n

Raegan\u00a0credited her father for inspiring her journalism career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t love journalism the way I do without you,” she wrote. “Thank you for planting the seed early on and showing me every day just how meaningful and impactful this field can be.”<\/p>\n

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Rascon<\/p>\n

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Art Rascon anchored his final ABC13 newscast alongside his son, Jacob Rascon, in 2022 before Jacob succeeded him at the desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Few Texas television families have as many journalists in the industry as the Rascons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

KHOU 11 anchor Jacob Rascon<\/a> is the son of former ABC13 anchor Art Rascon<\/a>, one of Houston’s best-known television journalists. The pair made national headlines in 2022 when they co-anchored ABC13’s 11 a.m. newscast together on Art’s final day before Jacob took over the anchor desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Art spent nearly 24 years at ABC13<\/a> before launching Houston-based\u00a0Rascon Media Group, a communications and media training company. Jacob now serves as a consultant for the firm, while his brother, Matt Rascon, is its president. Matt spent nearly 15 years in broadcast news, including stops in Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Boston and San Diego before returning to Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before joining\u00a0KHOU, Jacob anchored at ABC13<\/a> from 2022 to 2024 after succeeding his father at the anchor desk. He previously reported for KPRC 2<\/a>, NBC News, KNBC in Los Angeles and KFOX-TV in El Paso.<\/p>\n

Art has remained a familiar face in Houston as a commercial spokesperson and communications consultant, representing organizations including Terry Bryant Accident & Injury Law, the Houston Association of REALTORS and\u00a0KelseyCare Advantage.<\/p>\n

The family’s broadcast legacy stretches another generation with Art’s brother, Dan Rascon, a longtime anchor and reporter at KSL-TV in Salt Lake City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wilson<\/p>\n

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FOX 26 anchor Melissa Wilson says her son, Zach Cook, hopes to follow in her footsteps with a career in television news.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Melissa Wilson<\/p>\n

Another Houston TV family may soon be joining the list.<\/p>\n

FOX 26 morning anchor Melissa Wilson<\/a> told\u00a0Chron her oldest son, Zach Cook, is studying journalism at the University of Texas at Austin<\/a> and is on track to graduate in May 2027 with hopes of becoming a television news anchor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Watching him follow in my footsteps has been one of the greatest joys of my career,” Wilson said.<\/p>\n

Cook interned alongside his mother at FOX 26<\/a> last summer, an experience Wilson called “a dream come true.”<\/p>\n

She said he has contributed stories to UT’s student-run\u00a0Reporting Texas newsroom, developed digital storytelling skills and spent last semester studying abroad in Spain to strengthen his Spanish. This summer, he’s interning at CBS New York, where he’s reporting in the field, editing video and producing social media content.<\/p>\n

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Wilson said she’s proud her son chose journalism despite the industry’s constant evolution.<\/p>\n

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“I rarely feel as though I am simply going to work,” she said. “I feel that I am going into the newsroom to serve our community and provide Houstonians with information that can make a difference in their lives.”<\/p>\n

She said Cook shares that same passion for journalism and is excited to see where his career takes him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to\u00a0Houston TV news, talent often runs in the family. From legendary anchors to rising reporters,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1836,1704,85744,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-378546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chronnews","tag-chronstaff","tag-chrontexas","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}