This Friday, January 12, will be the final broadcast of “The Donnie Simpson Show” on MAJIC 102.3.
Simpson made the announcement during his Wednesday afternoon broadcast. According to NBC 4’s Tony Perkins, though the show is ending, Simpson is not retiring.
Radio Insight reports that the nationally-syndicated DL Hughley Show will replace Simpson in the timeslot. Last month, The Russ Parr Morning Show came to an end after nearly 30 years on the air.
Over the summer, Donnie Simpson’s Video Soul returned to the BET network after 20 years.
According to his website, “He hosted The Donnie Simpson Morning Show in Morning Drive for over 30 years. In 1988, Donnie was recognized as both the best top radio personality and top program director in the nation by Billboard Magazine, the world’s most influential music industry publication. He received both Billboard’s prestigious Radio Personality of the Year and Program Director of the Year awards. These two distinguished awards placed Donnie in an elite group of nationally popular and highly respected Radio Personalities and Radio Station Program Directors that very few in the industry have been able to achieve. Certainly not both at the same time. Donnie’s consistent No. 1 ratings success and reputation have earned him “Icon” status among his peers and millions of fans worldwide.
He retired in 2010, but returned to radio and TV in 2015. This time, as the afternoon drive host on WMMJ, Majic 102.3 in Washington D.C., and nationally on TV-One with Donnie After Dark. On October 22, 2017, Donnie Simpson celebrated 40 years on D.C. radio with an All-Star gala at the Warner Theater. Donnie says the greatest compliment people give him is when they say “I feel like I know you.” He says, “They do know me. I’m the same dude all the time. 24/7, I’m Donnie.”