Harry Gasser (December 2, 1936 – April 3, 2014) was a Philippine

news presenter A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

''Veteran news anchor Harry Gasser, 76, passes away''
GMA News Online, April 3, 2014 Gasser was the face of Philippine evening news at the time of the regime of

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Career

He started his journalistic career as an anchor of '' Balita Ngayon'' on

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from 1969 to 1972. Following the closure of the network during Martial Law, Gasser transferred to

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where he anchored ''BBC Primetime News'' from 1973 to 1977. He was the main anchor of RPN's '' NewsWatch'' during the Marcos regime. He also worked with Radio Veritas as news manager and later moved on to

to anchor ''

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'' in

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from 1998-2001. *''NewsWatch Evening Cast'', the first English-language early evening newscast was anchored by Gasser, together with Loren Legarda and Pat Lazaro, later it was anchored by Cielo Villaluna and Cristina Pecson. *''NewsWatch Prime Cast'', a late night edition was also anchored by Gasser, Cathy Santillan, and later, Eric Eloriaga. He was also overseas program manager and news manager of Radio Veritas.

Personal life

Gasser was married to veteran comedian

Flora Gasser Flora Gasser (November 28, 1932 – November 19, 2022) was a Filipino veteran film and television actress. Gasser started an acting career in the 70s. She is best known as "''The Yaya of Philippine Television''" for her roles in films such as ''B ...

. They had two children. Loren Legarda, who co-anchored NewsWatch with Gasser on RPN, noted that "he was a proud Cebuano."

Filmography

* ''Paalam... Bukas ang kasal ko'' (''Goodbye ... Tomorrow is my wedding'') (1986) * ''Sa mata ng balita': 50 taong pamamahayag sa telebisyon'' (''In the eyes of the news: 50 years of journalism on television'') (2003)

Awards

* Lifetime Achievement award given by the Philippine Movie Press Club

References

External links

''Veteran news anchor Harry Gasser, 76, passes away''
GMA News Online, April 3, 2014 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasser, Harry 1936 births 2014 deaths Filipino television news anchors RPN News and Public Affairs people People from Manila People from Carcar