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Donnie Simpson

Donnie Simpson

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 30, 1954 (71)
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, United States
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 21, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Aug 21, 2025
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Biography

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 (Maj ... ic 102.3 FM), which began airing on August 17, 2015. Donnie is the first urban-format radio personality to have an annual salary over $1 million without being syndicated. In 2003, Simpson, through his agent and longtime friend, George Parker, inked a 6-year, 8-figure deal with WPGC-FM making Simpson the highest paid African-American radio personality ever without syndication. He was Billboard's Radio Personality of the Year and Program Director of the Year. On October 29, 2020, during a live radio broadcast induction ceremony from multiple locations and across multiple audio platforms, Donnie, along with six other broadcasters, was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.

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Filmography

The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats

1991

as Donnie Simpson

Krush Groove

Krush Groove

1985

as Contest MC

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