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Profile of Donnie Simpson
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30th January 1954 |
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Detroit, Michigan, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Donnie Simpson is a longtime radio personality that has been an on-air personality in variety of radio formats from Urban Contemporary to Rhythmic Contemporary Hits (Disco). He current resides as the host of "The Donnie Simposn Morning Show" morning drive show of the Washington, DC radio station WPGC-FM, since March 11, 1993. Simpson is also the first Urban-formatted radio personality to have an annual salary over $1 million without being syndicated.
Simpson began his career at age 15 at Urban Contemporary radio station WJLB Detroit. He would remain at this station until the mid 1970's when then migrated from Detroit to Washington, D.C., where he began working at WWRC, "Disco 93.9" (now WKYS). He remained with 93.9 even through its format migration from Disco-based Rhythmic Contemporary Hits to Urban Contemporary in the 1980's.
In 1983, Simpson was recruited by Bob Johnson, founder of BET, to host the network's primetime music video show, "Video Soul", where he broke new ground as one of the nation's first "VJs". Simpson would remain with the show and the network until the show's cancellation in 1997. Between the years of 1997 and 2000, Simpson more or less remained as a host of many network specials and tributes.
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- Donnie Simpson's biography page on WPGC-FM's website
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