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Donnie Simpson is a longtime American radio DJ, as well as, a television and movie personality. He hosted The Donnie Simpson Morning Show on Washington, D.C. radio station WPGC-FM from March 1993 to January 29, 2010.

 

Currently, he hosts The Donnie Simpson Show on D.C. - based radio station WMMJ-FM (Majic 102.3 FM), which began airing on August 17, 2015. Simpson is the first urban-format radio personality to have an annual salary over $1 million without being syndicated.

 

He was the face and host of BET’s, Video Soul from 1983-1997, which premiered after MTV refused to play videos by most African American musicians. Simpson has received prestigious awards such as Billboard's Radio Personality of the Year and Program Director of the Year.