A sixth generation Texan, Rudy was born and raised in Beeville. After graduating from A.C. Jones High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy and earned his Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from George Washington University in Washington D.C.
Rudy has worked as a reporter and news anchor for several stations in Texas and California, where he earned several Associated Press Broadcast Awards, California Chicano News Media Awards and two Emmy Awards for his live coverage of the Los Angeles riots and the San Francisco earthquake.
Outside of his television broadcast career, Rudy is President and CEO of National Hispanic Syndicated Radio and host of the internationally syndicated radio program Tejano Gold Countdown.
Rudy has been featured in many magazines including People, the L.A. Review, Nuestras Vidas, a magazine for the Hispanic family and Planet Tejano. He has also been recognized as Hispanic Business Entrepreneur of the Year by Hispanic Business Magazine.
Since returning back home to Texas, Rudy has received the Governor's Volunteer of the Year Award in 2001, and most recently, he received the 2005 Armando Marroquin Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame.
You can see Rudy Treviño weekdays on 3News at 6 and 10 p.m., and Sunday mornings on KIII-TV's award winning Domingo Live! Show with co-host Barbi Leo.
Send message to Rudy at rtrevino@kiiitv.com.
