582. Todd Donoho’s wonderful stories trace from his humble beginnings living in Africa to becoming a very successful sportscaster.
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Todd Donoho is an American radio and television sportscaster. He led sports news reporting in the 1990s for Los Angeles television station KABC-TV working for stations across the country and later became a sports news anchor for Fox Sports West.
Todd was born in Puerto Rico and lived briefly in Africa before completing most of his childhood in Munster, Indiana. What he experienced in Africa had a major impact on his compassion for humanity
During his time at KABC, Todd was known in the Los Angeles media market for beginning and ending his sports anchor segments with sports trivia questions and for his trademark phrase, "take a hike". During Donoho's time on air, KABC's 11 p.m. newscast's ratings approached those of long-time regional leader KNBC. He also anchored the station's post- Monday Night Football – program titled. "Monday Night Live."
Todd portrayed himself in the movie Blue Chips. During his time in between work for KABC and FSN West, he also assisted with research for a best-selling book-CD project of great calls in sports broadcasting history, “And the Crowd Goes Wild." Todd has also written two children's books, "Hello, Truman!" and "Hello, Truman! Show Me Missouri", in addition to "MizzouRah! Memorable Moments in Missouri Tiger Football History.
Beginning in early 1988, Todd was also a regular guest on the famous LA radio station KLOS’s weekday morning drive time show, The Mark and Brian Show.
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