Harry Gasser Explained

Harry Gasser
Birth Name:	Harry Alesna Gasser
Birth Place:	Carcar, Cebu^[1]
Birth Date:	2 December 1936
Death Place:	Quezon City, Philippines
Occupation:	Newscaster
Spouse:	Flora Gasser

Harry Alesna Gasser (December 2, 1936 – April 3, 2014) was a Philippine news presenter^[2] Gasser was the face of Philippine evening news at the time of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos.^[3]

Career

He started his journalistic career as an anchor of Balita Ngayon on ABS-CBN from 1969 to 1972. Following the closure of the network during Martial Law, Gasser transferred to BBC-2 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 ABS-CBN to anchor TV Patrol in Cebu City 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. 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^[4]

External links

• Veteran news anchor Harry Gasser, 76, passes away GMA News Online, April 3, 2014

Notes and References

1. News: Napoleon G. Rama: Fearless Cebuano journalist soars. December 25, 2019. CJJ11. 2016. October 12, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231012234357/https://www.cebujournalism.org/napoleon-g-rama-fearless-cebuano-journalist-soars/. dead.
2. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/355344/lifestyle/veteran-news-anchor-harry-gasser-76-passes-away Veteran news anchor Harry Gasser, 76, passes away
3. Web site: Nieva-Nishimori. Maria Aleta. Harry Gasser passes on. ABS-CBN News.com. January 18, 2016. April 2, 2014.
4. Web site: Harry Gasser was proud of his Cebuano roots . cebudailynews.inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. January 18, 2016. April 7, 2014.