Sometimes considered emotionless, lacking warmth or even acidic in his delivery, Sam Donaldson was a no-nonsense news reporter and anchor who did his homework in an age when pretty boys seemed to be taking over the anchor chairs and substance was often forgotten.Donaldson broke into broadcasting soon after his discharge from the US Army in 1959 and within a year had gone from being a general announcer at a station in Dallas to first a general reporter then anchor at WTOP in Washington, DC. He remained at WTOP for six years before ABC lured him away, naming him as a general reporter and later
