KTRK Houston Adds Rita Garcia As Weekday Morning Anchor

ABC-owned KTRK Houston today named Rita Garcia to co-anchor its weekday morning newscast, beginning Monday, July 26.

Garcia joins the morning Eyewitness Team from 4:30 to 7 a.m. with co-anchor Samica Knight and meteorologist Elita Loresca. She replaces Tom Koch who retired from broadcasting after 39 years.

Joining from KTTV Los Angeles, Garcia was an anchor on Good Day LA where her most memorable coverage includes the Notre Dame Cathedral fire in Paris, the 2009 and 2011 NBA Finals, the death of Los Angeles Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant, the Woolsey Fire in California, the Oscars and Emmy red carpet events, NFL Super Bowl LI, Hurricane Harvey, the 2017 and 2018 MLB World Series, and the death of Michael Jackson.

Garcia returns to familiar roots as a Texas native who previously was a weekday morning anchor in the Houston market. She began her television career in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas at KRGV Weslaco as bureau chief in Cameron County. While at the station, she reported on a number of international border stories.

Garcia graduated cum laude from Texas State University in San Marcos with a degree in electronic media.